"When death comes and whispers to me,
'Thy days are ended',
let me say to him, 'I have lived in love
and not in mere time.'
He will ask, 'Will thy songs remain?'
I shall say, 'I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity.'"
"Rabindranath Tagore"
Rabindranath Tagore became a Nobel Laureate in 1913, in recognition of his poetic brilliance. His poetic work "Gitanjali" was especially venerated throughout Europe.
In his home state of Bengal, Tagore remains immortal largely because of his musical brilliance. Tagore once said "My poems without their melodies are like butterflies without their wings". Besides composing the Indian national anthem,this talented composer wrote a large body of songs popularly known today as Rabindra Sangeet". These extremely poetic songs, based on Indian classical ragas as well as western folk tunes, can still be heard in every Bengali home around the world.
"When one knows thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose touch of the one in the play of the many." (from Gitanjali)
Rabindra Jayanti or Pocheeshe Boishakh is celebrated to pay the homage to this great scholar, Rabindranath Tagore. The festival is celebrated on 8th or 9th day of the month May every year (25th of the month of Baisakh) and this year thats Today.
Rabindra Jayanti has gained a lot of popularity in the state of West Bengal and beyond. The festival provides a platform for the budding artists and literary person, in various cultural shows that are organized in the state during the mentioned dates. Music, skits, dramas, traditional songs and dances are performed in institutes and theatres.
There is a definite form of music that has been attributed to the cultural icon gaining popularity in the region. The music, called as Rabindra-Sangeet, is a mixture of Indian classic music and popular folklore of Bengal.
Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur Robindronath) (7.5.1861, Calcutta - 7.8.1941, ibid), an Indian writer and social activist. He was in Bangla language. Born in a family Debendranatha Tagore. He studied in Calcutta, then at the University of London. Published in 1875. In 1878-80 worked in England, literature and music. His musical drama .Genius Valmiki. (1881) combines Indian melodies with National Irish folk tune. Poetic Collection Vol .Evening Song. (1882) is permeated with pantheistic motives; Collections .Morning Song. (1883), .The pictures and songs. (1884), .sharp and flat. (1886), a drama .Revenge of Nature. (1884) full of life attitudes. In historical novels .Beach Bibhi. (1883) and .Raja-sage. (1885), he denounced the tyranny. In the 1884-1911 TV - Secretary of Religious and educational reform society Brahma Samaj.
In the 90's. they created the best stories, poetry cycles .Manoshi. (1890), .The Golden Boat. (1893), .Harvesting. (1896), .grains. (1899), the cycle of philosophical dramas, opening play .Raja and Rani. (1889 ). Editor of the literary and social journal .Shadhoda., which published most of his artistic works, socio-political and literary articles. Taking over the management of the estate Shilaydeho in 1891, T. acquainted with the life of workers who have become heroes of his works. In the short story .The light and shadows. (1894) TV gave generalized picture of the colonial reality, arbitrary acts score of farmers, has created the image of a fighter against injustice. In his poetry, traces the evolution of aesthetic and ideological beliefs, as a result of which he formulated the concept of humanistic .dzhibandebota. ( .deity life.), rising to Upanishad am and ideals of the medieval poet-vishnuitov (see Vishnu).
In the late 19 - early 20 centuries. in verse TV philosophical replaced vospevaniem nature, love lyrics, civic motives. Therefore call upon Bengalis to come together in the fight against tyranny. Collected poems .Moment. (1900) inspired a spirit of rebelliousness against Townsman bounded ness and philistinism in the book .Gifts. (1901) intertwined the civil and religious and philosophical reasons. In the social and domestic novels T. .grain. (1902) and .collapse. (1905), in the novel .Destroyed Nest. (1903) convincingly shows the psychological conflict between the feudal family morality and democratic developments.
Books of poetry .memory. (1903), .Child. (1903), .Ship. (1906) that runs through the grief caused by the death of his wife, father, son. During the rise of national liberation movements, increased after the partition of Bengal in 1905, TV has become one of its leaders, he wrote patriotic songs, as well as published socio-political magazine .Bhandare.. When the movement had gone beyond non-violent struggle, T. away from him and turned to education. The novel .Mountain. (1907-10), whose main character - a fighter for the progress and freedom, T. called for unity of all Indians irrespective of their religious and caste lines in the struggle for liberation. The search for forms of this struggle reflected in the drama .Revenge. (1909), where the idea of pre-movement of non colonized with authorities; satirical comedy .Fortress conservatism. (1911) flagellate conformism society soaked Hindu traditions.
In the 1912-13 TV visited the UK and the U.S., lectured on Indian philosophy and culture. For a book of poems .sacrificial songs. (or .Gitandzhali., an English translation of the T. 1912, rus. Trans. 1914) T. awarded the Nobel Prize (1913). His name became known worldwide. In the poem cycle .Flying Cranes. (1914-16) reflected the concern for the fate of mankind, inspired by a trip to the West and the 1 st World War 1914-18. In the novel .The House and the World. (1915-16) shows the differences between the liberal wing leadership of the national liberation movement and the peasants, attempts to use the movement to stir up chauvinism and religious fanaticism community.
In 20-ies. T. traveled to Europe, Asia and America. Results of the 1 st World War, their own impressions of postwar Europe and reflection on the destinies of peoples are reflected in the analytical works of the poet. Thus, the book .nationalism. (eng. trans. 1922) warns about the essence of militaristic chauvinism in the West and East. Full of reflection on social problems lyric collection .East tune. (1925), allegorical drama .freed flow. (1922) and .red oleander. (1924). In 1930 T. visited the Soviet Union. In the .letters of Russia. (1931), he highly praised the achievement of the Soviet Union in the field of education, peace-loving policy of the Soviet state.
Since the late 20-ies. political views of T. become more radical. Responding to the rise of national-liberation movement of 1929-34, he was in the novel .The Four Part. (1934) reverted to the question of the legality of violence as a means of social control. Prose these years include the psychological novel .Two Sisters. (1933), . (1934), stories. Poetical Collections .Mohua. (1929), .The Voice of the forest. (1931), .Conclusion. (1932), .Again. (1932), .diverse. (1933), .octave Last. (1935) are somewhat contemplative nature. Published poetry collections .Green. (1936), .at the edge. (1938), .Evening lamp. (1938), .born again. (1940), .At the time of illness. (1940), .Recovery. (1941), .Birthday. (1941), .Recent poems. (1941). In the .Muslim stories. (1941), he again warned of the dangers of religious-communal fanaticism. Creativity T. played a crucial role in the development of modern Bengali literary language in the formation of critical realism. It is enriched with new forms of poetry and poetic dimensions, laid the foundations of the genre of the story and developed the genre of social-psychological novel, the beginning of the political lyrics. Aesthetic values of T. were peculiar expression in the fine arts, to which the writer treated with 1928 (using mostly watercolor and drawing techniques pen). Scenic and graphic arts, T., performed in a free manner and the contemplative and philosophical (often greatly-tragic) on mood, influenced the development of Indian art in the 20. Great impact of creativity in all the literature of India. Poem T. .The soul of the people. (1911) became the national anthem of India. T. considerable attention given to theory and practice of Education. Already in 1901 he opened in Shantiniketone school where a teacher himself, and in the early 20-ies. - University Vishvatharati, which it intended to form the Center for Research in Indian culture. The author of popular lyrical songs in their own texts and ballets.
Compositions T., translated into Russian language, caused a reaction in Russia is still in pre-years. Most critics interpreted his work in the spirit of fashion opinion theosophists and poets-symbolists was also love of life and national character of his works After the October Revolution 1917interes to T. grown. AV Lunacharsky wrote: .... Works of Tagore, in spite of the inherent pantheistic mysticism, so full of colors, the subtlest spiritual experience and a truly generous with ideas, which is now one of the treasures of human culture .(. Krasnaya Niva ., 1923, № 1, pp. 30). In 1961 the world marks the centenary of the birth of the writer.
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