Rabindranath Tagore

The collection originated from a private archive, with detailed provenance. Several letters from the set have been previously published in prominent journals and books

Mob vandalises Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh, probe committee formed

Situated in Shahzadpur in Rajshahi division, Kachharibari is the ancestral home and revenue office of the Tagore family.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti Date 2024: When is Rabindranath Jayanti?

This year Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti will be celebrated on Wednesday, 8th May. Nationwide Celebration of Rabindranath Jayanti in other states will be celebrated as per the Gregorian calendar on Tuesday 7th May, 2024. Rabindra Jayanti is a vibrant festival celebrated every year on the 25th day of Boishakh to honor Rabindranath Tagore's birthday, popularly known as Poncheeshe Boishakh.

University of Chicago's Center in Delhi marks a decade in India

Established in 2014 as a hub for teaching, research, and dialogue, the University of Chicago Center in Delhi has completed 10 years.

Nandalal Bose’s Gandhi-commissioned Congress’ Haripura panels come to Bengaluru

At NGMA Bengaluru, till April 2024, get a glimpse of 77 artworks of an entire ‘township’ free of urban influences that Mahatma Gandhi commissioned Indian modernist and Bengal School of Art master Nandalal Bose in 1938 for Indian National Congress' annual session at Haripura, Gujarat.

EAM Jaishankar unveils Rabindranath Tagore's bust in Vietnam

Jaishankar extended his gratitude to the leadership of Bac Ninh province, which lies to the east of Hanoi, for their support for installing Tagore's bust.

World Tourism Day 2023: How I made Santiniketan my home, now a UNESCO World Heritage site

Giving up city life for rural living. On World Tourism Day, September 27, and days after receiving the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag, here's how Santiniketan changed this Bengali man's relationship with Rabindranath Tagore, from rebelling against the 'Rabindrik' overkill to embracing it and building his own house in Tagore's abode of peace.

What you need to know about West Bengal’s Santiniketan, now on the UNESCO World Heritage list, a global honour after the literary Nobel

Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy of unrestrained learning in open-air classes, respect for nature and famers' needs, and education for change defines Santiniketan's contemporary relevance. An ex-vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati, a former Kala Bhavana principal, and Tagore's great grand-nephew speak about India's 41st UNESCO World Heritage site.

Mamata Banerjee sings Rabindra Sangeet with minister on Tagore's birthday. Watch

Mamata Banerjee was seen singing a Rabindra Sangeet with state minister Indranil Sen in a video shared by news agency ANI.

Rabindranath Tagore birth anniversary: 10 profound quotes of the Nobel laureate

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2022: Tagore's work spans poems, plays, short stories and art works. His poetry has been praised as magical and prose described as elegant.

On Albert Einstein’s birth anniversary, throwback to when he met Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a rigorous discussion on science, philosophy and religion when they met in Berlin in 1930.

London home where Tagore worked on Gitanjali' translation for sale

Tagore had lived at Heath Villas in Hampstead Heath, north London, for a few months while he translated his famous collection of poems ‘Gitanjali’.

Rabindranath Tagore Death Anniversary 2021: Top inspirational quotes by India’s first Nobel laureate

India marks the 80th death anniversary of India’s first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on August 7. The day is known in West Bengal and Bangladesh as 'Baishe Srabon', solemnly marking the day when the poet, philosopher, patriot, and social thinker breathed his last.

Remembering the bard: Here are five of the most iconic Rabindranath Tagore quotes

Here are some of five of the most iconic quotes written by Rabindranath Tagore which continues to be relevant even today.

Rabindra Jayanti 2021: Here are some of the most famous works of Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore’s works contributed to ushering in a renaissance in Bengal as the poet or ‘Kabi Guru’ openly wrote on otherwise tabooed topics exploring the depths of the human mind, desire, adultery, clandestine relationships, the oneness of God, universal humanity, and the perils of blind faith in religion, customs, and superstitions, among others.

Budget 2021: Eyeing West Bengal polls, FM Sitharaman starts budget speech with Rabindranath's poem

FM's decision to kick-start her presentation with a poem by Tagore comes at the backdrop of ruling party BJP eyeing a victory in the elections scheduled to be held in April-May in West Bengal

This day that year | Rabindranath Tagore became first non-European to win Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913

To celebrate Rabindranath Tagore's legacy, a post was shared by the Nobel Prize Organisation on Instagram on November 13, 2020 – a century after he achieved the feat.

Teachers' Day 2020 | Let's remember some great Indian teachers who inspired the world

In 1962 when Sarvepalli became the President of India, some of his students and friends requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, on 5 September but instead of celebrating his birthday he asked them to observe the day as Teacher's Day.

‘Extraordinary and exquisite’ says Shashi Tharoor sharing Rabindranath Tagore' letter to Nehru on his autobiography

Shashi Tharoor shared a note that dates back to the year 1936. It was written by the Bengali bard Rabindranath Tagore to the first Prime Minister of independent India – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, to appreciate the latter's autobiography.

PM Modi remembers Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is celebrated on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh.

Tagore's 'Where the mind is without fear' with Faiz's 'Hum Dekhenge' strikes a chord among netizens

Four artistes from different disciplines have come together in “their hope for universal peace” with this composition

JNU violence | The importance of keeping higher education affordable

Decades after it has been established that education is one of the fundamental prerequisites for empowerment and development, individuals and institutions have to constantly agitate to make the government pay heed to the importance of bringing higher education to the masses.

Rituparno Ghosh: The Brazen Non-Conformist

Rituparno Ghosh embraced his sexual minority with a matter-of-fact brazenness

Mamata demands Tagore birthday as national holiday

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday demanded that May 8, which culminates the year-long 150 birth anniversary celebrations of Rabindranath Tagore, be declared a national holiday

An affair to remember: World Book Fair celebrates cinema

It's a packed house at Hall No 7 at the ongoing World Book Fair as "Sahib, Biwi aur Ghulam" plays on screen, the black and white film having the desired effect on its audience when its heroine Meena Kumari shyly lowers her eyes to Guru Dutt's drawling voice.