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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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Trending
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘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’).
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‘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.
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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.
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Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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'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...'
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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.’
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'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.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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.
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‘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'.
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