tribute to rabindranath Tagore by self composed poem school activity
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I saw the suicidal madness of the modern age
And saw in its body
The ironical distortion of ugliness
(“Rabindranath Tagore: a 125th birth anniversary volume,” Calcutta : Govt. of West Bengal, Dept. of Information & Cultural Affairs, 1988.)
Tagore, the Poet
Tagore wrote his first verse when he was only eight years old. Like a poet born to compose, verses subsequently poured naturally from his pen. With the publications of “Sandhya Sangit” (Evening Songs) in 1882 and “Prabhat Sangit” (Morning Songs) in 1883 Rabindranath secured his place among the most distinguished poets of his era. His interest in the observation of ordinary people’s lives in ordinary situations found expression in poems published under the title “Chhabi O Gan” (Pictures and Songs).
Sweet is this world, I wish ne’er to depart,
I yearn for a dwelling-place in humanity’s heart.
(“Rabindranath Tagore, the singer and his song,” Reba Som, New Delhi: Penguin, Viking, c2009.)
In 1881 at the age of twenty, Tagore wrote his first dramatic piece “Valmiki Pratibha” (The Genius of Valmiki), which was shown at Tagore’s mansion in Calcutta. His dramas are so popular today that they are still staged in theaters in India and Bangladesh.
Detail of a page in The New York Times (November 19, 1916) [//www.loc.gov/resource/sn78004456/1916-11-19/ed-1/?sp=6&loclr=blogint] reports: “Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Poet and Nobel Prize Winner, Feeding the Pigeons at the San Diego Exposition Just Before Leaving for New York.”
Detail of a page in The New York Times (November 19, 1916) reports: “Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Poet and Nobel Prize Winner, Feeding the Pigeons at the San Diego Exposition Just Before Leaving for New York.”
In 1913, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature for his great English composition “Geetanjali” (Song Offerings). He was the first Indian and first Asian to receive this award. The Nobel Prize enhanced his reputation not only in India but worldwide. In 1971, newly independent Bangladesh chose one of Tagore’s songs “Amar Sonar Bangla” (My Golden Bengal) as its national anthem. Perhaps Tagore is the only poet whose songs have been adopted as national anthems by two different countries, Bangladesh and India.
Every Journey Is a Pilgrimage
Tagore enjoyed traveling and made many friends abroad. He traveled all over Europe and Asia, including England, France, Italy, Russia, China, and Japan. He celebrated his sixtieth birthday in Germany. In Stockholm, the Swedish Academy paid him rich tribute. At the personal invitation of the king Reza Shah Pahlavi, Tagore visited Persia, in April and May of 1932, and paid homage in the city of Shiraz to two great masters of Persian poetry, Hafiz (1320-1389) and Saadi (1184-1283).
Tagore’s last pilgrimage ended on August 7, 1941. He was 80 years old. His poem “A Farewell” speaks poignantly to the themes of death and departure:
Look out once more with tired eyes, and see
How, where the sun has set, the sea and sky
Merge in the darkness, then will you see the trace
Of shining light left by my parting gaze.
(“Rabindranath Tagore : selected poems,” New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2004.)
Even though Tagore embarked upon his last voyage, his music, poetry, and national anthem will keep his memory alive for generations to come. Indeed, Rabindranath is not only one of the preeminent literary geniuses of Bengal and India but also all of South Asia.
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