Rabindranath Tagore: A Legacy Beyond Borders and Time
Rabindra Jayanti, observed on the 25th of Boishakh in the Bengali calendar, stands as one of the most significant cultural celebrations in Bengali history. Every year, on this day, we…
Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore Song Translation: Mone Robe Kina Robe Aamare – I do not recall if you will quite remember me or not
Composer Rabindranath Tagore Singer: Hemanta Mukherjee Notes: Rabindra Jayanti 2025: As we celebrate Rabindranath Tagore on Rabindra Jayanti (the anniversary of his birth) as a poet, song writer, novelist, and…
Kichhui To Holo Na – Nothing came of it
Composer: Rabindranath Tagore Singer: Vikram Singh Translation by Zeenat Khan Rabindranath Tagore Parjaay: Natya-geeti (14) Taal: Ara-Theka Raag: Mishra Jhinjhat Written on: 1881 Collection: Robichhaya Swarabitan: 35 Notation by:…
Rabindra – Sangeet (Tagore song): Chitta Pipashito Re / Geetoshudhar Torey – My eternal mind is pining in thirst
Translation by Zeenat Khan A portrait of an unknown woman Artist: Rabindranath Tagore Parjaay: Prem (1) Upa-parjaay: Gaan Taal: Jhaptaal Raag: Khambaj Written on: 1895 Swarabitan: 10 Notation by: Jyotirindranath…
Bohe Nirontoro Ononto Anondodhara – (“The Shower of Eternal Bliss Forever”)
A tribute to Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore. The translation of the song from the Geetabitan Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) Parjaay: Puja (324) Upa-parjaay: Aanondo Taal: Jhaptaal…
Emono Dine Tare Bola Jai… (It is the day to tell my beloved)
A Translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Song Theme: Prem (love) Raag: Desh Taal: Rupak Composed: 17 May 1889 Place: Pune, India ======================== It is the day to tell my beloved in…
India: Tagore’s Music in the midst of intolerance, fear, and insecurity
"Fear not, comes the message fromthe direction of the rising sun,Those that will givelife to the last throbwill diminish not, never." -Rabindranath Tagore On May 8th in 2011, on the occasion…
Indian Political Thought: Tagore as Political Thinker
Yogendra Yadav circulates his thoughtful and occasionally insightful articles to a number of people for opinion.I am on the mailing list.Since the latest article is likely to elicit from me…
Rethinking Patriotism in Modern India: Rediscovering Its True Essence
On May 8th, 2024 we are celebrating the 163rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. In 1908, Rabindranath Tagore articulated a poignant sentiment in a letter to his friend A.M. Bose,…
Rabindranath- Finding Peace and Acceptance Through Art
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark- Rabindranath Tagore Whenever the thought of Kabiguru crosses my mind, a shade of white illuminates my…
Tagore, The Renaissance Poet and Philosopher: Literature and Legacy
[Analyzing the philosophy of Nobel laureate of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore reflected in his literary works, on the occasion of his 160th birth anniversary.] “I have become my own version of…
Patriotism & Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was far far away from what we popularly call patriotism. Our problem is that more we have been able to erase his ideals and ideas from our everyday…
Socio-political Thought of Rabindranath Tagore
Eighty years after his death, Rabindranath Tagore continues to be written about. Any biographical or critical account of Tagore’s life and works — whether it is in Bengali, English or any…
Rabindranath Tagore, Humanism and Nationalism
As Bengal elections are looming on the electoral horizons, BJP has intensified its attempts to appropriate the tall icons from Bengal. As for as ideology is concerned the only leader…
Appropriating Tagore as a Hindu Nationalist: Chancellor Modi’s Pre-Election Address to Visva-Bharati
Visva - Bharati University founded in 1921 just completed a hundred years. Located at the Abode of Peace, Shantiniketan, it has however seen much disturbance and violence between the civil…
Rabindranath Tagore’s “Viswa Bharati” university exposed to the saffron peril
In 1940, a year before he died, Rabindranath Tagore placed a letter in Mahatma Gandhi’s hand. The letter said: “Visva-Bharati is like a vessel which is carrying the cargo of…
The Caged Bird and the Free Bird
Rabindranath Tagore’s Lyrical Ballad on Freedom and Confinement [Here is a recent performance of this ballad by Lopamudra Mitra and Iman from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGdwE7ei7l8 The caged bird was in the…
My Wretched Country
(Hey Mor Durbhaga Desh) Rabindranath Tagore Translation © Monish R Chatterjee 2020 O my wretched country For each one upon whom you have heaped insult Through insult it is, one…
Rabindranath Tagore’s Hero Poems
[While Tagore wrote extensively on philosophical exchanges between significant characters from India’s great epics, such as the Karna-KuntiSamvad, the vast compendium of his poetry is essentially reflective and non-historic. He…
Epiphany at Dawn: Rabindranath Tagore’s Ode to Dawn
That the living experience is akin to a joyous festival with multiple stimuli is made clear literally stanza by stanza in this poem, and requires little elaboration or exposition.
The Impoverished Gift
[From Deen Daan] by Rabindranath Tagore Thus offered the royal servant- “Your Highness, despite much pleading Narottama, the greatest of the Sadhus, Shunning the opulent shelter of your golden temple…
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