Lahore: A leading college in Lahore has organised a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore to mark the centenary of his winning the Nobel Prize for literature, with participants offering renditions of his poetry in song and recitation. The tribute was organised by the Department of History at Forman Christian College and the Ewing Literary Society on Monday.
Tagore was the first non-European and first South Asian to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. The event included renditions of Tagore's poetry in song and recitation, clips from a documentary by director Satyajit Ray and the narration of a short story by the writer.
The programme concluded with a recitation of "Amar Sonar Bangla", the national anthem of Bangladesh, being read in Bengali, English and Urdu as a celebration of the great poet who was once banned in erstwhile East Pakistan. Department of History chairperson Yaqoob Bangash said Tagore was a strong patriot though he was not a big supporter of nationalism, according to a report in the Daily Times.
Tagore supported the freedom struggle and even returned his knighthood to protest the killings at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. Tagore wrote matchless poetry, novels, plays, operas and philosophical tracts and even made fine paintings, Bangash added....
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04:40 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: A total of 13 short films, based on of litterateur, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore's poems, were released here Thursday to commemorate his 152nd birth anniversary. The film series have been directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation. These films have been produced with the financial support of Ministry of Culture. The films were released by Union Minister of Culture, Chandresh Kumari Katoch....
04:53 PM, May 09, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said India and China's association can be pivotal in attaining world peace and welfare. ...
01:46 AM, Dec 20, 2012
A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi in 1922 from Sabarmati jail to Rabindranath Tagore's eldest brother Dwijendranath on Wednesday fetched 49,250 pounds, over seven times its pre-sale estimate, at a Sotheby's auction in London. ...
10:25 PM, Dec 12, 2012
London: Two letters written by Mahatma Gandhi, including one to Rabindranath Tagore's eldest brother Dwijendranath, will go under the hammer next month at a Sotheby's auction in London. The letters and a rare copy of the Indian Constitution will be among nearly 200 lots on offer at the sale of English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations on December 12. In 1922, after being lodged in Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad,...
03:41 PM, Nov 18, 2012
New Delhi: An expert on Rabindranath Tagore, Professor Ananda Lal, has not taken kindly to veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad's remarks against the Bengali polymath. "Karnad has been saying this for the last 20 years that Tagore is an inferior dramatist, but when you reach a stature that Karnad has, you cannot misuse your position to talk unhistorically," Lal said. Lal accused Karnad of "misinforming everyone and deliberately obfuscating"....
06:05 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Bangalore: Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad has stirred up another controversy. After criticising Nobel laureate VS Naipaul and calling him anti-Muslim, Karnad has now incurred the wrath of Bengal by targeting Rabindranath Tagore by calling him a second rate playwright. Karnad defended his statement while talking to CNN-IBN. "He is not a great playwright, he is a great poet. We all are influenced by his poetry. He did not...
09:40 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: After publicly targeting Nobel laureate VS Naipaul and calling him anti-Muslim, veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad has created another controversy by calling another Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore a "second rate playwright". "Tagore was a great poet but a second rate playwright," Karnad said. Karnad, who is also a famous theatre artist, claimed that Rabindranath Tagore's contemporaries also did not accept him as a playwright. "Rabindranath Tagore...
05:52 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: 'There is something special about Bengal.' A new video - starring Shah Rukh Khan, showcases various historic, cultural and industrial landmarks in the state of West Bengal, and is set to Rabindranath Tagore's song 'Banglar Mati Banglar Jol' - sung by Shaan. In an bid to attract big ticket investments and promote Bengal as a tourist destination, a promotional film featuring Khan - who is also the state's...
12:09 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Kolkata: 'Chitrangada, the Crowning Wish', which has hit the screens, is a self retrospective trip for director Rituparno Ghosh, who also dons the hat of an actor in the film. "The film is about acceptance of a person's identity... It isn't just about sexuality or one's image with which he is identified," Ghosh said here of the film whose Indian premiere was held at the Osian Cinefan Film Festival in...
11:17 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Mumbai: Even though India attained independence August 15, 1947, the country was undecided on its official national anthem on the auspicious day, an archived letter made public in Mumbai on Saturday has indicated. The current national anthem, 'Jana Gana Mana', penned by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted and accorded the status only much later, by the Constituent Assembly Jan 24, 1950. A few days prior to Indian independence, many...
12:48 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Kolkata: He was a hardened criminal who had resisted all attempts at rehabilitation - till a renowned dancer visited the Presidency Jail here and began a therapy session. Today, he has even appeared opposite award-winning actress Rituparna Sengupta in 'Muktodhara', a film loosely based on his life and transformation. Nigel Akkara, 34, was initially reluctant, but dancer Alokananda Ray and then Inspector General (Prisons) B.D. Sharma convinced him to be...
04:36 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Kolkata: Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh's movie Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish, a contemporary interpretation of Rabindranath Tagore's eponymous dance drama, will have its Indian premiere at the 12th Osian's Cinefan Film Festival beginning in Delhi on July 27. In end-October, Chitrangada will travel to the South Asian Film Festival, Canada in Vancouver, Mahendra Soni, the producer of the film, said. The film, a take-off on the mythological love story of Arjuna and...
04:41 PM, Jul 26, 2012
The closing of the Bengali mind I returned to north Bengal last week for a short holiday in the Darjeeling hills. I spent my ...
07:34 AM, Jun 13, 2012
London: Rare paintings by Rabindranath Tagore, MF Husain and Jahangir Sabavala, so far based in private collections, are due to be auctioned at the annual summer sale of Modern and Contemporary South Asian art by auctioneers Bonhams in London on Thursday. The sale includes works by well-known Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan artists, including SH Raza, Jamini Roy, Avinash Chandra, FN Souza , B Prabha, George Keyt, Sadequain, Jamil Naqsh...
08:59 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Beijing: Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore continues to evoke fascination and interest among Chinese, 88 years after his visit to the nation as 50 of his popular songs were translated for the first time into Mandarin with music notes closely resembling the original. Though several works of Tagore, who is the most widely translated foreign author in Chinese after Shakespeare, were already published, this is the first time that his songs...
07:04 PM, May 17, 2012
Kolkata: It's been 151 years since the famous poet Rabindranath Tagore was born in Kolkata at Jorasanko thakurbari, perhaps the most prominent centre of the Bengal renaissance. As we remember one of the tallest figures of Bengal's history, the city of Kolkata truly turns into a Tagore city. With the carnival of colours and songs, Kolkata paid homage to the man whose life continues to inspire generations. And it's not...
10:52 AM, May 09, 2012
London: A centre dedicated to the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore has been launched in Edinburgh, said to be the first UK hub of its kind dedicated to the Nobel laureate. The centre has been launched at Napier University following an agreement with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Called the Scottish Centre for Tagore Studies (ScoTs), the centre's aim is to promote Indian culture, education, philosophy, art...
01:41 AM, May 09, 2012
Kolkata: From the legendary Rabindranath Tagore to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee discussed the state's 'brand ambassadors' then and now when they met here Monday. Banerjee presented Clinton with Nobel laureate Tagore's books 'Gitanjali' and 'Gitabitan'. Clinton, who had said earlier that she had "discovered Tagore in college and have been a fan ever since", reciprocated by...
11:43 AM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Though the multi-faceted genius of Rabindranath Tagore comes through the massive body of literary works and the treasure trove of music and paintings he has left behind for awestruck admirers, his influence on the thought and nation building can be gauged from the fact that he not just wrote the national anthems for two countries, India and Bangladesh, but inspired a Ceylonese student of his to pen and...
09:24 AM, May 08, 2012
