| Rabindranath Tagore |
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| Friday, 14 December 2007 | |
 Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) poet, prose writer, composer, painter, essayist, philosopher, educationist, social reformer. It is basically as a poet that he gained fame all over the world. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913, the first Asian writer to have been awarded this distinction.
Rabindranath's achievement as a writer can only be viewed correctly in the context of his whole life since his philosophy and his poetics changed as he moved from one phase of his life to another. Through constant study and ceaseless experimentation he mastered the transformations that had taken place in world literature, culture, civilization, philosophy and knowledge over the ages. Consequently, one can trace the content and form of his art evolving ceaselessly. The result can be seen in his countless poems, songs, short stories, novels, essays, plays, musical dramas, dance dramas, travel narratives, letters, and the innumerable speeches that he delivered at home and abroad. Nevertheless, Rabindranath's philosophy of life itself lay on solid foundations that were built on his own ideas despite his openness to changes coming from the outside world. Remarkably, his creativity always tended to flow into ever-new channels. He was a poet not only of his age but also for all ages. Certainly, his genius was a transcendent one. His arrival in Bangla literature heralded a new era. Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 (25 Baishakh, 1268 in the Bangla Calendar) into the affluent and culturally rich Tagore family of Kolkata's Jorasanko. His grandfather was Prince dwarkanath tagore and his father was Maharshi debendranath tagore. His ancestors had moved to Kolkata from East Bengal to serve their business interests. The efforts of Dwarkanath Tagore led to an increase in the family's wealth as well as its landholdings. Growing up in an atmosphere steeped in western learning and culture, this self-made man not only prospered in business but also involved himself in many philanthropic movements. The Jorasanko Tagores played a major role in the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century and in the movement for reforms in religion and society going on at that period. The leading reformer and monotheist of the day, Raja rammohun roywas his close friend. Rammohun's ideals had a profound influence on Dwarkanath, his son Debendranath, and his grandson Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath was a poet of inexhaustible vitality, immense humanism, and a writer enthralled by nature's timeless beauty. He saw death as a stopping station on the way to eternity. Life and death and the world itself were manifested to him as one. That is why he had composed the following lines in a song that encapsulates his philosophy of life: 'Full of sorrow, full of death, and the pain of separation/Still bliss, happiness, and delight keep emerging within us'. More Collected Article: |
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