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'Gurudev’ Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) @militarychoiceblog
◦ He was also referred to as
‘Gurudev’, ‘Kabiguru’, and
‘Biswakabi’
◦ He is regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India and hailed by W.B Yeats, Rabindranath Tagore was a
Bengali poet, novelist, and painter, who was highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the west.
◦ He was an exceptional
literary figure and a renowned polymath who singlehandedly reshaped the region's literature and music.
◦ He was a
good friend of Mahatma Gandhi and is said to have
given him the title of Mahatma.
◦ He had always stressed that
unity in diversity is the only possible way for India’s national integration.
◦ He had spoken at the
World Parliament for Religions in the years 1929 and 1937.
◦ He is said to have
composed over 2000 songs and his songs and music are called
‘Rabindra Sangeet’ with its own distinct lyrical and fluid style.
◦ He is responsible for modernising Bengali prose and poetry. His notable works include
Gitanjali, Ghare-Baire, Gora, Manasi, Balaka, Sonar Tori, He is also remembered for his song
‘Ekla Chalo Re’.
• He published his first poems aged 16 under the pen-name
‘Bhanusimha’.
◦ He not only gave the
national anthems for two countries, India and Bangladesh, but also
inspired a Ceylonese student of his, to pen and compose the national anthem of Sri Lanka.
◦ Besides all his literary achievements he was also a philosopher and educationist who in
1921 established the Vishwa-Bharati University, a university that challenged conventional education.
◦ In
1913 he was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature for his work on Gitanjali.
• He was the
first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize.
◦ In 1915 he was awarded
knighthood by the British King George V. In 1919, following the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre he renounced his Knighthood.
SOME BEAUTIFUL QUOTES BY TAGORE“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.”
“If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.”
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”
“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”
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