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|TAGORE-A RENAISSANCE MAN |
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|“What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real”. Doesn’t this quote ring a bell in your head?Yes, it is a quote by |
|our famous poet,playwright,writer composer,essayist,spiritualist,philosopher,painter,orator and what not, Rabindranath Tagore. An educator with a |
|difference, a renaissance man, a great citizen of our country and a man whose worth is not to be forgotten still occupies a position in the temporal|
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|Introducing him briefly,Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev,was a Bengali poet, novelist, musician,painter and a |
|playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali and its “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse”, he was the |
The Essay on Communication Between Men And Women
As everyone knows by now, there is a difference between a man and a womans outer appearance. What some people do not realize is that a man and a woman are also different in communication techniques. Generally speaking, men and women fall into two categories when dealing with communication techniques. When men talk, it is for giving information. Deborah Tannen says this informative speaking is ...
|first non-European to win the Noble Prize for Literature. His poetry in translation was viewed as spiritual, and this together with his mesmerizing |
|persona gave him a prophet-like aura in the west but his “elegant prose and magical poetry” still remains largely unknown outside the confines of |
|Bengal. |
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|Renaissance-which means rebirth was brought about by him by giving a new life and perspective to art, culture, literature and others. He reached out|
|to people through his words in form of plays, poems, stories and novels. He brought out many reforms changing the image of our country of which some|
|of them are followed to this day. |
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|Education took a new turn with Rabindranath Tagore’s Shantiniketan, a pilgrimage for modern-day students. As its name suggests, it is an ‘abode of |
|peace’ for the students. Tagore largely declined classroom schooling, preferring to roam mansions or nearby idylls. He created this school amidst |
|trees and groves. Like his quote “Trees are Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven”, this school promoted in living in harmony with|
|nature and would cultivate students’ natural creativity. His quote “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but |
|makes our life in harmony with all existence.” gives us his view on education. |
|He was against the caste and creed system of untouchability. According to him, such practices had to be abolished to create a bonded sense of |
Inclusive Education The Right Of All Children
Inclusive Education: The Right of All Children I. INTRODUCTION For many years children with special needs were isolated from their peers at school. They were placed in separate classrooms away from other students, but inclusion has changed this. Inclusion involves a commitment to educate children with special needs, including those with disabilities by bringing the support services to the children ...
|harmony among people. In the early 1930s, he targeted India’s “abnormal caste consciousness” and untouchability. Lecturing against these, he penned |
|poems and dramas with ‘untouchable’ heroes and campaigned for them. He scrutinized orthodoxy and moved with the people’s emotions. He mourned for |
|the dead and celebrated with the joyous people. He even expressed the status of these situations in his literary works. Tagore was also into science|
|. Science and technology would improve the status of the country, giving it a new life. Tagore took an interest in science in his last years, |
|writing Visva-Parichay (a collection of essays) in 1937. His exploration of biology, physics, and astronomy impacted his poetry, which often |
|contained extensive naturalism that underscored his respect for scientific laws. |
|He traveled immensely spreading his political ideas and familiarizing his work to Non-Indian audiences. He toured the world touching Mexico, |
|Singapore, Italy, Argentina, Rome, England, America, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and many other destinations where his English-translated versions |
|of his works grew popular bringing him invitations from all round the globe for visits and discussions. Such travels allowed him to interact with |
|famous scientists and novelists like Albert Einstein and H. G. Wells.”I believe in the true meeting of the East and the West.” (quote) is what he |
|did. |
His means of spreading the message through songs, poems, plays, stories is long known to us. The situations then, religious beliefs, culture and practices are expressed in his works. Feudal systems, communalism, terrorism, nationalism, feminist learning, female world of difficulties, feminine oppression are the main themes of his works. He also wrote many biographies, essays and travelogues to tell his experiences from life so that we young generation learn from it. He was a great painter poet and composer-lyricist. He had vast knowledge about ragas and talaas. His collection of songs called Rabindra Sangeet are sung and danced for in many parts of the globe.
The Essay on Window Washer Life Stanza Song
"When I fall" is a lyrical song written by Steven Page and Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies. It is about a window washer who is at a critical moment in his life. The song is structured in such a way that a progression and transformation is seen in the window washers troubles from worrisome to life threatening. The window washer is the persona of the poem, and in the first stanza he expresses a ...
|“Music fills the infinite between two souls.” says one of his quotes. His messages through music even reached the illiterates. His paintings and |
|plays were staged across the globe. His poems and songs promoted abolition of sati, untouchability, women harassment and discrimination which |
|curbed the nation from development. |
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|Tagore’s political views are ones to be remembered as a citizen and patriot of our adorable country. He was against imperialism and subordination |
|to the White-English men. He emphasized self-help and intellectual uplift of the masses as an alternative, stating that British imperialism was a |
|”political symptom of our social disease”, urging Indians to protest against British. Though some of his views enraged many, it was widely accepted|
|and inspired the people to oppose the British. Tagore wrote songs lionizing the Indian independence movement and in protest against the 1919 |
|Jallianwala Bagh massacre. |
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|Tagore’s relevance can be gauged by festivals honoring him: Tagore’s birth anniversary; the annual Tagore Festival held in Urbana, in the United |
|States; Rabindra Path Parikrama walking pilgrimages from Calcutta to Shantiniketan; ceremonial recitals of Tagore’s poetry held on important |
|anniversaries; and others. Tagore was a “towering figure”, being a “deeply relevant and many-sided contemporary thinker”. Tagore himself was |
|proclaimed “the greatest poet India has produced”.Tagore was famed throughout much of Europe, North America, and East Asia. He co-founded |
The Research paper on Baggage Blunders (british Airways)
In the development of this case study the authors specifically acknowledges with pleasure the various helps, suggestions, and useful criticisms they received from Kristina Ginn A. Estoy. A big contribution and hard worked from her during the making of this case study is very great indeed. Special thanks to Mr. Stephen Alexeus G. Baltazar , who took the time to point out the correct format and ...
|Darrington Hall School, a progressive co-educational institution. Tagore’s works were widely translated into English, German, Spanish, and other |
|European languages. |
|Tagore awakens a dormant sense of childish wonder, and he saturates the air with all kinds of enchanting promises for the reader. Tagore, who is |
|considered as a Renaissance man has given rebirth to our ideas of art, culture, literature and education. His devotion and service to the nation |
|is something which should be remembered and followed as his quote says “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was |
|service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” |
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