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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (IPA: /rə'bɪndrəˌnät tə'gôr/, /'täkur/; Bangla: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, transliteration: Robindronath Ţhakur; May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941) was a Bengali poet, Brahmo (reformed Hindu) philosopher, artist, dramatist, musician, novelist, and songwriter who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, becoming the first Asian Nobel laureate. Tagore, also known as Gurudev, revolutionized Bengali literature with such works as The Home and the Wor ...

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Rabindranath Tagore - Biography

Rabindranath Tagore - Literature

Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia II - Rabindranath Tagore - Literature Poetry dominates Tagore's literary reputation, but he also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, and drama. He also wrote numerous songs and composed all of them himself. Rabindranath Tagore - Short stories. Of Tagore's prose, perhaps most highly regarded are his short stories. He is credited with developing Bangla short story writing. His short stories are written in a prose that is rhythmic, often to the point of being poetic. However, his stories mostly borrow from deceptively simpl ...

One of Rabindranath Tagore's most memorable poems begins with the line: The world is insane with violence, every day there emerges a new kind of cruel conflict. He goes on to pray to the Almighty to instil love and wisdom into a world afflicted with myriad ills. This reflects the core of Tagore's spiritual humanism.

Stressing the need for spiritual freedom, he referred to the uncontrolled excesses of passion that upset our balance and obscure the underlying harmony between the individual and universal spirit. This malady, which he called 'sin', distorts our freedom in the realms of matter, mind and spirit.

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Rabindranath Tagore: Creative Philosophy Inspired by the Sun - about Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore lived up to his name. Rabi means the Sun and like the Sun's rays the myriad-minded "Great Sentinel" - as Mahatma Gandhi called him - never failed to dazzle with his creative genius, enlightening us with his sagacious insight.

Tagore's songs, poems, plays, short stories, novels, essays, letters, and paintings take us through his personal reflection of reality, which soon become our own because they touch the core of our heart, bonding us with nature. His writings are a heartfelt appeal for universal peace, love and harmony.

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Rabindranath Tagore: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary on Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore,: One of India's most highly acclaimed modern-day writers and poets (18611941), son of Devendranath Tagore. He wrote in Bengali and in English.

His most famous poetic religious work is Gitanjali, which centers around dialogs between the soul and God Vishnu. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা Bāṇlā) is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to the Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit languages. Bengali is the English word for the name of the language and for its speakers; in Bengali, the language itself is called Bangla (pronounced: IPA: < ...

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Bengali language - The Fight for Bangla

Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Brahmo Samaj

Brahmo Samaj is a social and religious movement founded in Kolkata, India in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. He was influenced by western thought and was one of the first Indians to visit Europe. He died in Bristol, England. The Brahmo Samaj movement thereafter resulted in the Brahmo religion in 1850 founded by Debendranath Tagore — better known as the father of Rabindranath Tagore. The popularity of the Brahmo Samaj grew as a result of the raising of a new class of educated Indians that resulted from the occupation of India by t ...

Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Amar Shonar Bangla

Amar Shonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal) is a song written and composed by esteemed poet Rabindranath Tagore,. The first 10 lines of the song constitute the national anthem of Bangladesh. It was adopted in 1972. The song was written in 1906. The English translation was done by Syed Ali Ahsan. Amar Shonar Bangla - Bangla script. আমার সেনার বাংলা আমার সেনার বাংলা, আমি তোমায় ভালবাসি।
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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Visva-Bharati University

Established by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, the Visva-Bharati University, located at Santiniketan, West Bengal in India is a central university and an institution of national importance. Visva-Bharati University - Famous alumni / academics. Brajendra Nath Seal Savitri Devi Mukherji Satyajit Ray Amartya Sen Indira Gandhi Visva-Bharati University - External link. Official website ...

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Andrew Robinson author

W. Andrew Robinson. British author and editor (born 1957). Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist. Robinson first visited India in 1975 and has been a devotee of the country's culture ever since, in particular the poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the film director Satyajit Ray. He has authored many books and articles. He is the Literary E ...

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Andrew Robinson author - Selected books

Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Charulata

Charulata (The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Sailen Mukherjee. It is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, Nastanirh (The Broken Nest). Many critics and commentators have considered Charulata to be Ray's greatest achievement, with Ray famously remarking that it had the "least flaws" of all his movies, and Charulata (the character) also was Ray's favorite among his many films. This movie belongs to the Indian tr ...

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Bengal school of art

The Bengal School of Art was an influential style of art that flourished in India during the British Raj in the early 20th century. It was associated with Indian nationalism, but was also promoted and supported by many British arts administrators. The Bengal school arose as an avant garde and nationalist movement reacting against the academic art styles previously promoted in India, both by Indian artists such as Ravi Varma and in British art schools. Following the widespead influence of Indian spiritual ideas in the West, the ...

Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi: In 1946, Paramahansa Yogananda published his life story, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was instrumental in introducing vedic philosophy to the West. It has since been translated into eighteen languages and remains a best seller. It includes Yogananda's and Sri Yukteswar's attempts to explain certain verses and events of the Bible such as the Garden of Eden story. Further, it provides descriptions of Yogananda's encounters with leading spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann, the ...

Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Rajarshi

Rajarshi or Rajarishi (from Sanskrit rajan "king" + rishi) is in Hinduism and Hindu mythology, a royal saint and rishi. Rajarshi - Order. A Rajarshi is a king who turned into a royal sage, or rishi. A rajarshi may have left the kingship and became rishi for example Vishwamitra (who later advanced to becoming a Brahmarishi) or may still be ruling the kingdom but has reached a state of rishi and have attained self realization. They still belong to the kshatriya caste, and re ...

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Baul

Bauls (Bangla: বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels from the Bengal region, now divided into Bangladesh and West Bengal. Bauls are a part of the culture of rural Bengal. They are thought to have been influenced greatly by the Hindu tantric sect of the Kartabhajas. Bauls travel in search of the internal ideal, Maner Manush (Man of the Heart). The origin of the word is debated. However, it is widely agreed that is comes either from Sanskrit batul, meaning divinely inspired insanity or ...

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - List of biographers

Biographers are authors who write an account of another person's life, while autobiographers are authors who write their own biography. List of biographers - Some notable authors of biographies. A. N. Wilson - England Alanna Nash, (born 1950), United States Alfred Ainger, (1837-1904) - Charles Lamb Alison Weir - "popular" history Amanda Foreman, (born 1968) - Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Andrew Robinson, (born 1957) - Satyajit Ray and Rabindrana ...

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - World citizen

A world citizen (or citizen of the world) is a person who wishes to transcend the geopolitical divisiveness inherent in the national citizenships of the various sovereign states and countries. In this respect the concept differs from internationalism, which is still based on the idea of nations. By refusing to accept a patriotic identity dictated by any national government, world citizens assert their independence as citizens of the Earth, the world, or the cosmos. World citizen - Overview. The first ...

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Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Vidyapati

Vidyapati (1352? – 1448?), also known as the Maithil Kokil Vidyapati (Vidyapati, the cuckoo of Maithili), was an Indian poet. He was born in the village of Bisapi, Madhubani district, Bihar state, India. The name Vidyapati is derived from two Sanskrit words, Vidya (knowledge) and Pati (master), connoting thereby, a man of knowledge. Vidyapati's position as a poet and maker of language has been described as "analogous to that of Dante in Italy and Chaucer in England." Vidyapati - Vidya ...