Poet and the Pandemic

Today, it has become necessary for us to rediscover Rabindranath Tagore's idea of innerstrength and hope. The Covid-19 pandemic is transforming countless lives throughout the world. Because of the pandemic and the resultant lockdown we have become lonelier and susceptible to an uncanny sense of uncertainty. In these bleak times Tagore's writings remind us that no one is alone and that we are a collectivity. His writings can inspire us to believe that through hope and through faith in ourselves we can face and overcome this global calamity.