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“The poems of Balaka,” wrote Lago in Rabindranath Tagore, “reflect a time of account-taking and of Tagore’s reactions to the turbulence of the past four years: the excitement surrounding the Nobel award and the knighthood that followed in 1915, the premonitions of political disaster, and the anxieties of the World War.” The flying swans symbolized, for the poet, movement ...
- From The Archive: Rabindranath Tagore
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- We Both Live in The Same Village
June 1913 | Witter Bynner, Francis Grierson, Harriet Monroe,...
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By Rabindranath Tagore. The Gift. By Rabindranath Tagore....
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- ("Sing The Song of The Moment"
By Rabindranath Tagore. Share. VI. Come as you are, tarry...
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- From The Archive: Rabindranath Tagore
Aug 7, 2023 · Analysis: Through delicate imagery, Tagore speaks of a dream that’s vivid yet elusive. This transient dream serves as a metaphor for life, suggesting the transient nature of our existence and the experiences we cherish. The poem is a contemplation of reality, dreams, and the delicate boundary that separates them. 9.
Oct 11, 2024 · News •. Nobel Prize for literature awarded to Han Kang • Oct. 10, 2024, 9:22 AM ET (Deutsche Welle) ...(Show more) Rabindranath Tagore (born May 7, 1861, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died August 7, 1941, Calcutta) was a Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter who introduced new prose and verse ...
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- Analysis of Where The Mind Is Without Fear
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This poem is a contemplation of a state of being, a place in time, and a way of living into which the author, Tagore, wishes his country, India, would awaken. The first nine lines of the poem present a number of statements that begin with the word, “Where…” These statements are each positive attributes that Tagore is hoping India will achieve. The ...
Lines 1-2
The poem begins with these two short lines which are the basis of the hopes that Tagore has for his country. These partial sentences, along with the following six are finished by the last line of the poem in which Tagore explains, these are places into which he wishes India would wake up. That a change will come over the country and it will be able to move to a more culturally and politically free period. Specifically in which, “the mind is without fear.” This being the title line of the poem...
Lines 3-4
The third statement describing this ideal world refers to home and societal life and the way in which women and men are separated, and how narrow their differences are. This idea of walls can also be expanded to once again include different classes of people, a problem faced by the Indian people for decades. Because of the way in which one class is separated from another in all the facts of life, from where and how they live, to where they work and who they work for, the world has become frag...
Lines 5-6
The next line of the poem references a more philosophical factor in Tagore’s utopian India. The words that were spoken, no matter who by, must come from the very depth of truth. This is a way of living that is very controversial, and which many might say would have an adverse effect. But in Tagore’s world, absolute truth is a necessity. The sixth line of the poem presents an idea that many would agree with without much criticism, that if one works hard, or strives tirelessly, one will eventua...
Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, born in 1861 in what was then Calcutta, India. He was and is the foremost poet in the Bengali language, and was also versed in short stories, plays, and essaywriting, as well as painting and composing music. He started writing poetry early and throughout his life he would publish several books as well as a co...
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— Letter to Indira Devi. The youngest of 13 surviving children, Tagore (nicknamed "Rabi") was born on 7 May 1861 in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta, the son of Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875). [b] Tagore and his wife Mrinalini Devi, 1883 Tagore was raised mostly by servants; his mother had died in his early childhood and his father travelled widely. The ...
Rabindranath Tagore. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913. Born: 7 May 1861, Calcutta, India. Died: 7 August 1941, Calcutta, India. Residence at the time of the award: India. Prize motivation: “because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own ...
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There is an unsuspected amount of humour, whimsy, and nonsense. Rabindranath's poetry comprises a whole universe of themes and concerns. This chapter is a very brief overview of a vast, hugely varied, mostly untranslated, and intellectually complex body of poetry. That poetry does not evolve in a straight graph. Type.
