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...
Bidaysambal
17. Poem: Bidaysambal (Sustenance for Passage) of the book 'Mahua' (a flower) written at Singapore on 19 August, 1927.
Translator's note: It is difficult to...
Bhojon Bir
45. Poem 'Bhojon Bir' = (The Gluttonous Hero) of the book 'Prahasini' (=Satirist) written 3 years before the Poet's death in 1941 at the...
Prelude to Nobel
A few English scholars played important role to win the Poet his international accolade, the Nobel Prize. Rothenstein, one of them, was the first...
Duranta Asha – a Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
46. Poem 'Duranta Asha' (Desperate Hope) from the book 'Manasi'.
When the mad pining in heart
Sibilates like a snake to blurt,
With the fate's bondage
Thumps in...
Madhumay
9. Poem 'Madhumay Prithibir Dhuli' (Sweet is the Earth's dust) of the book AROGYA (Recovery) written on the 14th Feb. 1941, the year of...
Bansi
25. Poem 'Bansi' (Flute) of the book Parishesh (The End) written in 1932.Translator's note: Many take Tagore as an aristocrat who was by succession...
Bloom
39. Poem: To Bloom .[Translator's note: However much man may try to emulate God in creating beautiful things, his creations can never match God's....