Free Essays on Rabindranath Tagore

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

    Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Rabindranath Tagore, Asia's first Nobel laureate,was born in Calcutta on the 8th May, 1861 and died in Calcutta on the 7th August, 1941. He is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. For millions of Indians and Bangladeshis, Rabindranath Tagore is...

  2. RABINDRANATH TAGORE

    About the Poet: Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore was a person of great and varied learning who wrote Gitanjali with its deeply spiritualist, bracing and beauteous verse.  One of the greatest writers in modern Indian literature, Tagore was a poet, philosopher, musician, writer, and educationist...

  3. analysis

     Works he Works of Rabindranath Tagore consist of poems, novels, short stories, dramas, paintings, drawings, and music that Bengali poet and Brahmo philosopher Rabindranath Tagore created over his lifetime. Tagore's literary reputation is disproportionately influenced very much by regard for his...

  4. Different Quotes

    be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Collected Poems And Plays Of Rabindranath Tagore 9. Because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. - Bernard M. Baruch...

  5. Summary

    Castaway by Rabindranath Tagore The most basic themes of the Tagore short story is the reality of abandonment.  Tagore plays with this theme quite a bit.  The final scene between Kiran and Nilkanta is one where each experiences their own form of abandonment.  On one hand, she abandons her initial belief...

  6. the castaway main character

    Castaway by Rabindranath Tagore The most basic themes of the Tagore short story is the reality of abandonment.  Tagore plays with this theme quite a bit.  The final scene between Kiran and Nilkanta is one where each experiences their own form of abandonment.  On one hand, she abandons her initial belief...

  7. Tagore's Critique of Swadeshi as It Unravels in ‘the Home and the World’

    boycotted their classes and were seen looting and plundering shops which kept foreign goods, thereby providing an impetus to the movement. Rabindranath Tagore felt mortified by many of the nationalist leaders and youths behaving like terrorists and traumatising innocent people for their indifference...

  8. Metamorphosis

    some choose wrong options. A German proverb says,  “To change and to change for the better are two different things.” A beautiful quote by Rabindranath Tagore which talks of difference of attitudes between a bee and a butterfly in a same situation is worth mentioning.  “Bees sip honey from flowers...

  9. Literature Analysis : the Postmaster; Castaway.

    Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta on the 8th May, 1861 and died in Calcutta on the 7th August, 1941. The national anthems of both Bangladesh and India were composed by him. Tagore won the Noble Prize in Literature in 1913 for the English version of his collection of Bengali poems, Geetanjali....

  10. Tagore’s Gitanjali as a Work in the Bhakti Tradition

    the shell Till waked and kindled by the master’s spell And feeling hearts – touch them but rightly- pour A thousand melodies unfelt before.” Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjali” or “Song Offerings” written and translated into English by the poet himself, earned him world-wide acclaim. He was awarded...

  11. the taj mahal

    being "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage". Described by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore as "the tear-drop on the cheek of time", it is regarded by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history...

  12. The Brave New World: India- a Nation in Transition.

    not have access to this fund of historical memories”. The modern nation in fact is a politicization of the cultural community. In the words of Rabindranath Tagore, “a nation, in the sense of the political and economic union of a people, is that aspect which a whole population assumes when organized for...

  13. Hamlet

    The Fly: Katherine Mansfield 13. The Night Train at Deoli: Ruskin Bond 14. Love Across the Salt Desert: K. N. Daruwala 15. The Castaway: Rabindranath Tagore V. Star Light: Edited by Guy Kenneth Dantes Only the following poems are to be studied: 1. Tintern Abbey: William Wordsworth 2. Frost...

  14. enterprise

    inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore). In India, he is also called Bapu and officially honoured as the Father of the Nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi...

  15. Alternative English

    SYLLABUS FOR BA PART2 DISTANCE EDUCATION ,DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY 1.ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH BLOCK 1 SHORT STORIES 50 MARKS , UNIT 1-RABINDRANATH TAGORE,”A WIFES LETTER” , UNIT 2- RAJA RAO.”JAVNI” , UNIT 3-SAADAT HASAN MANTO,”TOBA TEK SINGH” UNIT 4-BHISHMAN SAHNI,”DINNER FOR THE BOSS” UNIT...

  16. The Allegations Against Kipling and the New Searchlight

    Shahinoor Rahman has fathomed the bottom of the vision of Kipling as reflected in his writings. The reference of Alexander the Great and Rabindranath Tagore is of great significance especially as it fit to the purpose of the researcher. Alexander was a conqueror and his expedition to India can easily...

  17. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: the Indian Independence Movement

    Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore),[1] and in India also as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ, bāpu or "Father"). He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday...

  18. women

    according to Rabindranath tagore '' women is God,s best creation '' She adds beauty, and charm to every aspecr of life.Emotional,affectionate, caring,and yet resolute. A women is a pennerial sourse of inspiration foe man in thw odyssey of life. They are the really a great in terms of benevolence...

  19. Partition of Bengal

    East Bengal, Sir Bampfylde Fuller. In 1906, Rabindranath Tagore wrote Amar Shonar Bangla as a rallying cry for proponents of annulment of Partition, which, much later, in 1972, became the national anthem of Bangladesh. The song "Bande Mataram" which Tagore set to music became the "informal anthem of...

  20. INDIAN DRAMA

    pre-independence era saw some stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Aurobindo. T.P. Kailasam, A.S.P. Ayyar, Loba-Prabhu, Harindranath Chattopadhyaya and Bharathi Sarabhai who contributed substantially to the growth and development of Indian English drama. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) has been called the father...

  21. Kolkata

    worthwhile sites and shows for visitors to enjoy. The city has been the making of many historical figures such as Nobel Laureate, writer, and poet Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray who wrote and directed numerous films. The city is also said to be the cultural hub of India with numerous theatre performances...

  22. Poem

    Rabindranath Tagore Extract from Geetanjali Where the Mind is Without Fear And the head is Held High; Where Knowledge is Free; Where the World has not been Broken Up into Fragments By Narrow Domestic Walls; Where the Words come out from The Depth of Truth; Where Tireless Striving Streches ...

  23. Essays

    the Dharma Chakra about the great king Ashoka of ancient India.  The National Anthem which we sing was originally composed by well known poet Rabindranath Tagore. I wish you all the best for the peace, prosperity and future betterment of the country. Jai Hind. ...

  24. Essay About Irving Laytons

    character and how they view the world and the things around them. In the poems “Go to the ant” by Irving Layton and “An Ordinary Person” by Rabindranath Tagore, we see, parallels are drawn between the concepts of ordinary, transformation and fate, by both speakers. The words ordinary, transformation...

  25. goldsmith

    Green Grass – A Review of Modern Bengali Literature ( The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature Ed. Amit Chaudhuri) Unit II Poetry 5. Rabindranath Tagore - Where the Mind is Without Fear ( Bengali) 6. Umashankar Joshi - Fragmented ( Gujarati) 7. Gopalakrishna Adiga - Do Something, Brother( Kannada) ...

  26. The Symbolic Content of India's Culture

    Indian culture since time immemorial. (http://www.culturopedia.com/symbols.html) National Anthem: The song ‘Janaganamana’ composed by Rabindranath Tagore is the National Anthem of India. National Anthem like National flag is the sacred symbol of India as a free nation. It is a call to all our country...

  27. ENTIRE COURSE RELI 448 LATEST

    discuss the nature of spiritual reality. sacred diagrams used in meditation. the seven centers of spiritual energy in the body. poems by Rabindranath Tagore. Question 7. 7. (TCO 8) Bhakti yoga is: (Points: 5) the path to God through knowledge. the path to God through loving devotion. the path...

  28. Rabinranath Tagore Gitanjali Analysis

    world to explore what lies beyond it. But isn’t that what every poet wishes to achieve? Gitanjali is labeled as ‘religious’ poetry by critics; but to Tagore these verses were just poetry and it is these classic poetic qualities of Gitanjali that is dealt with presently. Even a lay reader with no feel...

  29. OUT OF BUSINESS

    It has no atmosphere to scatter the sun’s light, no fog, no rains to bedim of the light of the surface. Where the mind is without fear – Rabindranath Tagore Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken down up into fragments...

  30. Importance of Science

    is often referred to as Mahatma ([məɦaːt̪maː]; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul" (magnanimous), an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore).[2] In India he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ, bāpu or "Father") and officially honored in India as the Father of the Nation. His birthday...

  31. The Limits of Cultural-Economic Explanations of Ethnic Phenomenon :

    cult of the motherland was almost becoming identical with the preparation of “Mother-Bengal.” One may go through the songs and poetries composed by Tagore, Atulprasad, Rajanikanta, Nazrul and several other poets to trace how much inspiring were their creations in the growth of the notion of “Mother Bengal”...

  32. Taj Mahal - Architecture and Symbolisms

    world who will come to witness this marvellous monument and yet be left spellbound. "A teardrop on the cheek of time" - Rabindranath Tagore B I B L I O G R A P H Y * Web Resources : 1. http://www.envocare.co.uk/taj_mahal_history.htm 2. http://tajmahal.gov.in/ ...

  33. Indus Valley Civilization

    Mahākāvya[139] – and the Tamil language Sangam literature.[140] Among Indian writers of the modern era active in Indian languages or English, Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913....

  34. Democratisiation of Education

    Education (2005) This book makes and attempt to present the views of some eminent personalities on education including Maria Montessori, Rabindranath Tagore Jean Piaget Paulo Freire Antonio Gramsci, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Annie Besant and Anton Makaremko. 10. Education and people's Planning...

  35. My Favorite Tv Show

    Gandhi is sometimes referred to as Mahatma Gandhi ([məɦaːt̪maː]; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore),.[1] In India he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ, bāpu or "Father"). He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his...

  36. India's Sri Krishnan Committee

    Anthem: Title Jana Gana Mana (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of all People) Anthem: Year of Induction 1950 Anthem: Composer Words and music Rabindranath TAGORE. Official NOC/NPC name India IOC recognition date 1927 NOC/NPC President's name Professor Vijay KUMAR MALHOTRA NOC/NPC General Secretary's...

  37. assass

    The Abolition of Untouchability Hindu—Muslim Unity and Inter-Faith Dialogue The Position of Women 143 148 8. THE ROOTED COSMOPOLITAN: RABINDRANATH TAGORE India and the West The Excesses of Nationalism The Problem with Non-Cooperation 185 9. THE ANNIHILATOR OF CASTE: B .R . AMBEDKAR The...

  38. Postcolonial Novels and Theories

    Indian writers read: Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Rudyard Kipling’s Kim (1901), which seems distinctly to have influenced Rabindranath Tagore’s Gora (1923), and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1917). A comparison between an Indian novel and a Kenyan novel...

  39. Essays-India 2020

    and Security Revolution of Rising Expectations 8. 9. Governance Conclusion Best-case Scenario for India 2020 Decision Points Annexures Annexure I: Rabindranath Tagore’s Vision Annexure II: Terms of Reference 75 78 80 80 83 86 86 90 92 92 94 96 96 98 viii SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW Our vision of India’s...

  40. Philosophy

    Gitanjali is the one of the greatest book wich is written by the rabindernath tagore and it was written in bengali and it has been tranlated into english, gitanjali is the collcetion of 103 poems and for this poem tagore won nobel price the word “gitanjali” is drived from th rood git which means “git”...

  41. Ficci Frames

    in heated debate with a lot of contradicting views being witnessed. The | |panel comprised of big names as Pritish Nandy, Founder, PNC; Sharmila Tagore, Chairperson, CBFC; Zohra Chatterji, Joint | |Secretary, Ministry of I&B; Amit Khanna, Chairman, Reliance Entertainment & FICCI Convergence Committee;...

  42. Towering Figure in the World of Cinema

    Ray, standing 6'-4" tall, was a towering figure in the world of cinema. He studied at the university in Calcutta and later joined Shantiniketan, Rabindranath Tagore's university to study art. He began his career as a commercial artist (1943-56). He founded Calcutta's first film society in 1947 and made...

  43. national emergency

    Magazines like the Seminar and the Mainstream chose to close down rather than submit to censorship. The Financial express carried a poem of Rabindranath Tagore; after that they said you can't quote all these icons on freedom. Many journalist were also arrested for writing down the comments on emergency...

  44. Testing

    (d) Bengal British India Landholders Society 54. Who among the following Suggested, Seperation of Judiciary from the executive (a) Ravindra Nath Tagore (b) Raja Ram Mohan Ray (c) K.C. Sen (d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 55. Quawat-ul-Islam mosque at Delhi and Adhikin- ka-jhopra at Ajmer was built...

  45. Gandhi Ambedkar Debate

    the threat from Gandhi as a moral blackmail, as he feared violent reappraisals against the schedules castes if Gandhi was to die. CASTE SYSTEM: Tagore understood the gravity of the situation and commented that “the dismemberment of a large portion of Hindu society is certainly fatal to its wholeness...

  46. New Wave Indian Cinema

    of the word. The most vibrant work flourishes in three areas: the Malayalam speaking southernmost state of Kerala, West Bengal in the east (home of Tagore, Ray) and in to an extant in the southern state of Karnataka. And moreover New Wave directors functioned as a group, they worked together, exchanging...

  47. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World

    resistance movement against registration laws and indentured servant laws J. 1912: 12 followers; 1914: 50,000; laws did change V. India: 1915 A. Tagore: elitist school, Brahman B. Gandhi advocated simple living, doing menial tasks, “In retrospect, he stands out as a reformer of Hinduism, somewhat...

  48. prime minister

    July 2005, days before his US visit. Speaking in Oxford’s imposing seventeenth-century convocation hall, Dr Singh quoted Rabindranath Tagore in support of his worldview. Tagore had written in his Nobel Prize-winning collection of poems, Gitanjali, ‘The West has today opened its door. / There are treasures ...

  49. kishore kumar

    D/INSAAN/-in other words, Ekla chalo re with this article /No.2620 D/S JNLX 1038 LP MEGAPHONE(1981)/, K’s controversial and first ever open-heart tryst with Tagore much to the angst of VISWA BHARTI & though much later, first ever Bengali solo too by Godfather of Bollywood Mr. Amitabh Bachchan for Vidya Valan’s...

  50. A Social Sciene Worksheet Answer for Class 8

    mythology. Abanindranath Tagore rejected the art of Ravi Verma. 1. According to him Ravi Verma’s art was imitative and westernised. 2. Abanindranath Tagore declared that such a style was unsuitable for depicting the nation’s ancient myths and legends. 3. Abanindranath Tagore felt that a genuine Indian...

  51. XAVIER ANSWER SHEETS. MBA.EMBA.DMS. ARAVIND 9901366442.doc

    “deadwood”? (b) Was Mr. Mohan too sensitive and arrogant? (c) Did Mr. Tagore handle sensitive and intelligent engineers properly? (d) Was it not advisable to transfer Mr. Mohan in 1992 when the signs of trouble were seen? (e) Should Mr. Tagore have stopped Mr. Mohan’s increment in 1993, knowing fully well...

  52. Unesco-Higher Education in India-Vision N Action.Doc

    us the wealth, not of things but of inner light, not of power but of love, making this truth its own and giving expression to it. Rabindra Nath Tagore Readiness to Move Forward India looks upon the present difficult situation of humanity with realistic optimism. While it is aware of the tremendous...

  53. Maria Montessori

    became known as cosmic education, an approach for children aged 6 to 12. Montessori was well looked after in India, where she met Gandhi, Nehru and Tagore. Her 70th birthday request to the Indian government—that Mario should be released and restored to her—was granted, and together they trained over a...

  54. Business Gk

    and then decreases 100. This person has written National Anthem for two nations. Who is he? a. Iqbal b. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee c. Rabindra Nath Tagore d. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee 101. The second largest Indian state in terms of area is a. Maharashtra b. Rajasthan c. Uttar Pradesh d. Madhya Pradesh ...

  55. Biography of Jose Rizal

    rebels then dying in battle as fundamentally the same, as both are dying for their country.[88] Legacy[edit] Rizal was a contemporary of Gandhi, Tagore and Sun Yat Sen who also advocated liberty through peaceful means rather than by violent revolution. Coinciding with the appearance of those other...

  56. The Sramana Response to the Human Predicament Studies in the Contemporary Relevance of Sramana Dharma

    Ahimsa…the final test to its violence or non-violence is after all the intent underlying the act’ (Young India, 4.10, 1928, published in book form by Tagore and Co., Madras, 1972); As such, killing is not himsa when life is destroyed for the sake of those whose life is taken (Sharma: Gandhi as a political...

  57. bhopal

    487350, November 8-11-96 1510 St. Jacques west, apt 6, Montreal, Quebec H3C 4J4 Tel (514) 938 1854 Author’s preface Nobel laureate Ravindra Nath Tagore once said that every child comes with the hope that God is not yet discouraged with life. That night Union Carbide proved God wrong On the night...

  58. General Knowledge

    Hindustan Times Kranti Bengal Gazette (1780, India’s First Newspaper) Kesari Amrita Bazar Patrika Vande Mataram Yugantar Davevendra Nath Tagore M.K.Gandhi M.K.Gandhi M.K.Gandhi Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda Shyamji Krishna Verma Birendra Nath Chattopadhyaya Tarak Nath Das K.M...

  59. Presentation.Doc

    these unethical behaviors can be overcome then the path towards enlightment can be achieved. And this was the essence of enlightment of Lord Buddha, Tagore, Nehru, and Gandhi to name a few. Lord Buddha gave 4 noble truths which constitute the essence of Buddha's enlightment that he was eager to share with...

  60. Rabindra Natha Tagore

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