Stories written by
Rabindranath Tagore
-
On Rabindranath Tagore’s 162nd birth anniversary, read five newly translated poems from ‘Gitanjali’
An excerpt from ‘Gitanjali: A New Translation’. Translated from the Bengali by Prasenjit Gupta.
Rabindranath Tagore & Prasenjit Gupta
-
‘Four Chapters’: Rabindranath Tagore’s last novel is an indictment of ultra nationalist politics
May 9, 2022 marks Rabindranath Tagore’s 161st birth anniversary. An excerpt from his ‘Four Chapters’, newly translated from the Bengali by Radha Chakravarty.
Rabindranath Tagore
-
Tagore at 160: ‘People are urged to deeds of frightfulness by the goadings of manufactured panics’
‘The Spirit of Freedom’: A letter from New York to the author’s own countrymen. May 9, 2021 marks Rabindranath Tagore’s 160th birth anniversary.
Rabindranath Tagore
Trending
-
When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
-
Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
-
Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
-
‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
-
‘Until August’: Nobel winner Gabriel García Márquez’s last novel is a moving testament to his genius
-
‘There is no god in that temple, said the hermit’: Rabindranath Tagore wrote this poem in 1900
A translation of Tagore’s poem ‘Deeno Daan’ (’Destitute Donation’).
Rabindranath Tagore
-
‘Words from the Depth of Truth’: Rabindranath Tagore’s poem on war and destruction
Tagore wrote this poem after the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
Rabindranath Tagore
-
Was Rabindranath Tagore a feminist? Read his essay ‘Woman and Home’ from 1922 to find out
May 9 marks the poet-philosopher’s 156th birth anniversary.
Rabindranath Tagore
Video
-
Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
-
Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
-
Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
-
‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
-
Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
-
'The sunset of the century': A poem by Rabindranath Tagore
'Bring your offerings of worship for that sacred sunrise / Let the first hymn of its welcome sound in your voice and sing...'
Rabindranath Tagore
-
This Tagore essay on the cult of the nation could have been written in 2016 (and not 99 years ago)
‘When this idea of the Nation tries to pass off the cult of collective selfishness as a moral duty, it attacks the very vitals of humanity.’
Rabindranath Tagore
-
'The country isn’t the earth beneath our feet, it’s the people'
Excerpts from Tagore’s seminal novel ‘Home and the World’ questioning the need for heightened nationalism.
Rabindranath Tagore
The Reel
-
‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
-
Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
-
‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
-
The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
-
‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
-
What Karna and Kunti talked about the night before the Battle of Kurukshetra
A new translation of the poem ‘Karna Kunti Samvad’, recreating a meeting between them.
Rabindranath Tagore
-
‘I am not against one nation in particular, but against the general idea of all nations’
Remembering Rabindranath Tagore’s 154th birth anniversay with excerpts from his 1917 essay, 'On Nationalism In India'.
Rabindranath Tagore