Shesher Kabita
Shesher Kabita (=The Last Poem) A novel by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 to 1913 AD, Nobel Laureate of 1913)
Courtesy: Dr. N. D. Batra, Professor of...
Sphulingo & Kanika
Translator's note: I am unaware of any other piece better capturing the solemnity and wonder of Nature, manifesting through its both macro and micro...
Preface to the Internet Edition
A. Background of this publication:
My present Internet edition of "The Eclipsed Sun" (TES), may appear to be the old wine in a new bottle...
Mukti
37. Poem Mukti (Liberty) of the book 'Palataka' (Fugitive) written around 1915.
Whatever the doctors advise“
Though it may not be wise
Keep open the windows
The wind...
Acknowledgements (for the Internet edition of “THE ECLIPSED SUN”)
I was much flattered when a message from some Ms. Poonam Sagar popped up on my computer screen seeking my 'permission' to quote from...
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...
Utsarga
38. Poem: Utsarga (Oblation) of the book ‘Senjuti' written in 1938.
From the cave of darkness deep
To the bright of the Sun I peep
Wonderstruck towards...
The Artist
4. Poem 'The Artist' - From the book 'Charrar Chhabi' (Picture in rhymes) written in 1938
Translator's Note: The number of songs composed by Tagore...