Dedication
Dedicated to Arkya and Ayan
Both being my grandson
And Roshan and Toton, my nephews,
Hence my grandsons' MUs (Maternal Uncle)
Some growing among the Indonesia,
Some among the...
Karmafal
15. Poem: Karmafal (Recompense) of the book Kshanika (Momentary) written at the beginning of the 20th Century.
(Translator's note: It seems this poem was written...
Guru Govind
19. Poem 'Guru Govind' of the book Katha (Legends) written in 1888.
Translator's note: Guru Govind Singh was the last and 10th Guru of...
Rabindra Sangeet Songs of Rabindranath Tagore
Translator's note: The songs of Rabindranath Tagore are known as Rabindrasangeet which number approx. 2500. It is no exaggeration to say that Rabindrasangeet has...
Tagore on Death
52. Poem No: 5 of the book Janmadine (On My Birthday) written in April 1940, shortly before the Poet's death in 1941
. We, in...
Java-Yatrir Patra – Rabindranath Tagore’s Indonesian experience
By Poonam Sagar: "Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the...
Jogin-da
35. Poem: Jogin-da (Jogin the big brother) of the book 'Chharar Chhabi' (Pictures in Rhyme) written in 1937, 4 years before the death of...
Tagore the Wag
Preamble: While Tagore was an embodiment of supreme dignity, spirituality and aesthetics, his mobility between that height and the mundane, including very refined practical...
Lordisaster
8. Poem No: 10 of the book Prantik (At The Border) written on 8 December 1937
[Translator's note: Following quote from the Poet's book Santiniketan...
Birodh
12. Poem 'Birodh' (Strife) of the book 'Bithika' written at Santiniketan in 1935.
Translator's note: The Poet does not long for a Utopia, but considers...