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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where knowledge is free; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where words come out from the depth of truth; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. Gitanjali 35

A tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his Birthday Darsana Gopinath J Librarian KV AFS Akkulam

Born on May 7, 1861,&nbsp;Calcutta, British India, to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. He was the youngest of 13 children in the family.He lost his mother at a young age.Born to a family of ardent art lovers ,he was introduced to theatre, music , and literature at an early age.

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He became popular among English-reading people after the publication of ‘Gitanjali: Song Offerings.’ He brought the ‘Nobel Prize in Literature.’ to India for‘ Gitanjali in 1913

During 1891-1895 Tagore  authored a massive three volume collection of short stories : ‘Galpaguchchha.’

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

Tagore moved to Shantiniketan in 1901 and published many works and he had gained immense popularity among Bengali readers

Rabindranath Tagore singing jana gana mana

Tagore moved to England, to study law in 1878, but returned to Bengal in 1880 without completing the degree

His sister-in-law, Kadambari, who was his close friend and confidante, committed suicide in 1884. Tagore was devastated by this, he lost interest in classes at school and spent his time wandering.

'Amare ke nibi bhai'..Tagore song sung by Tagore himself

"Amare ke nibi bhai'....." Tagore  singing his own song

“Neither the colourless vagueness of cosmopolitanism, nor the fierce self-idolatry of nation-worship, is the goal of human history.” ―&nbsp;Rabindranath Tagore,&nbsp;on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/160596">Nationalism</a>

ORIGINAL VOICE OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE.mp4

Tagore's vision of a free India was based on the liberty of thought, action, and conscience of its citizens

He was against nationalism and considered it as one of the greatest challenges faced by humanity

He criticized Gandhi for ‘Swadeshi Movement’ in his essay ‘The Cult of the Charka,’ published in September 1925.&nbsp;

Tagore was equally good at writing short stories, novelist, playwright, essayist, and painter, but more popular as a poet. His works provided an insight into the life and customs of those times when religious and social tenets had infested with ill practices. He strongly condemned the idea of a patriarchal society.

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