In the rhythm of Kopai: A journey through Tagore’s Santiniketan
A reflective journey through Santiniketan and the Kopai River, exploring Rabindranath Tagore’s deep connection with the land, its people, and its timeless serenity.
A reflective journey through Santiniketan and the Kopai River, exploring Rabindranath Tagore’s deep connection with the land, its people, and its timeless serenity.
The forest department has banned playing of Holi within Sonajhuri Haat area in Santiniketan, this year.
A unique exhibition on Scenes from Santiniketan and Benodebehari’s hand scrolls was inaugurated in the city on Saturday.
Through highly-productive food machinery, about 2,000 rasgullas, pantua, ledikeni, chom chom can be prepared within an hour.
The incident happened when the victim went to a local fairground with her boyfriend. He later informed the police that suddenly five persons came to the spot, attacked and injured him and abducted the girl. They took the victim to a nearby river bed and raped her.
More accurately, Visva-Bharati took over organisation of the Pous Mela in 1951 when it was declared a central university.
Punascha publication Mrityu-Pratyashi Rabindranath, penned by Parthajit Gangopadhaya, delves into the darkest period of Tagore's life
In fact, to indulge and revel in the aesthetic extravaganza of art, dance and music in the transnational arena, be it in Santiniketan or elsewhere, and to tread on the rugged path of struggle against the despotic rule of a wily foreign ruler are but two sides of the same coin ~a full flowering of human potentiality. It has been averred that irrespective of the legacy of Deshbandhu being short-lived or otherwise, the greatness of this son of India cannot and should not be undermined. It is a misfortune that the legacy was too robust for sustenance in this wretched country.
Through Visva-Bharati, Tagore envisioned a creative and ethical way of living. The task of translating the idea into reality was never easy. During the final years of his life Tagore repeatedly voiced his profound anxieties regarding the future of his institution. On 2 February 1940 he wrote to Mahatma Gandhi: 'Visva-Bharati is like a vessel which is carrying the cargo of my life's best treasure and I hope it may claim special care from my countrymen for its preservation.'
Polymath Rabindranath Tagore's wisdom teaches us about how we need to consider the larger picture for India's progress.
