ABOUT HIM
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is one of great poet of India and leader of Bramho samaj.
He is the 1st Non-European as a winner of Nobel Prize in Literature for his invincible verse “Gitanjali”. He is famous for his graceful writing style and magical poetry. His poem always has a traditional view of Indian culture .He is one of creative artist of modern India. He wrote his 1st poem at the age of 8.But as considerable “Bhanusimha (Sun Lion) is his 1st poetry. He was also famously known for his great personality and dressing in west.
Not only poem, but also he was written lots of novel, stories, songs, dance-dramas and essays related to political and personal. His two compositions were chosen by two nation’s anthems: of India “Jana Gana Mana” and Bangladesh’s “Amar Shonar Bangla”.
View of Life
Tagore was born in the Jorasanko manision in Calcutta, India. His father name is Debendranath Tagore and mother is Sarada Devi. He was the youngest among all Sarada Devi,s children. From his early stage of childhood he lost his mother and his father was travelled mostly. So he was raised mostly by servants of his family. From his childhood he was influenced by his family. Because there are his oldest brother Dwijendranath was a philosopher and poet and another brother Jyotindranath was a musician, composer, and and playwright. His sister Swarnakumari was also a novelist.
Due to his largely avoidance of class, his brother Hemendranath tutored him .And also give him physical training like swim in river “Ganga”, practicing judo and wrestling ,by gymnastics. After few year he joined local Presidency collage .At 1873 he visit to Santiniketan. At which place, he got his independency and started his life without any servant. He started a school .Where he gave education about Upanishads of Hinduism.
Because Debendranath wanted Rabindra to become barrister, that’s why he sent him England for study. At 1878 he joined at a public school in Bringhton , East Sussex. He stayed for several months, in his family own house Medina Villas.
After few year he read law at University College London. At 1883 he married Mrinalini Devi. They had 5 children, two of them died in childhood.
In 1890, he began managing his family estates in Shelaidaha. After 8 year he met his wife and children .As a Jamidar he mostly collects tokens. In between 1891-1895,he was written lots of stories. In “Galpaguchha” he wrote more than 84 stories, those shows a natural view of rural Bengal of that time.
At 1901 he moved to Santiniketan, where he lost his wife and 2 children. His father died in 1905. In 1913 November he won Nobel Prize in Literature for his “Gitanjali” verse.1915 British empire granted Tagore a Knighthood. In 1921,Tagore joined Gandhi ji ,s swaraj protest.He resigned the honor of knighthood. Tagore used his pen like a sword against British empire .At 1930 he decided to remove “abnormal caste consciousness” and un touchability from India.He wrote lots of poem and dramas for this and lead the campaign to open Guruvavoor Temple to Dalits. At the end of 1934 Tagore inspected orthodoxy and he struck. That year, an earthquake hit Bihar and thousands of people became dead. He joined Gandhiji to help people in this act of god.
At the end of 1937, he lost his consciousness. After that he remained comatose and he never recovered until his death. Tagore died on 7 August 1941.
His Great creations
Many of poem songs,stories, novel,dramas were written by him. Among that Manasi(1890){The Ideal One},Sonar Tari (1894){The Golden Boat},Gitanjali(1910){Songs Offerings},Gitimalya(1914){Wreath of Songs} and Balaka(1916){The fight of Cranes} are his great famous poems.Raja(1910){The King of the Dark Chamber},Dakghar(1912){The Post Office},Achalayatan(1912){The Immovable},Muktadhara(1922){The Waterfall} and Raktakaravi(1926){Red Oleanders} are his famous dramas.Among his stories and novel Gora(1910){The Whiteman},Ghare-Baire(1916){The Home and The World},and Yogayog(1929){Cross Currents} are famous. His brief chat with Einstein, "Note on the Nature of Reality", is included as an appendix to the latter. Besides these, he wrote musical dramas, dance dramas, essays of all types, travel diaries, and two autobiographies, one in his middle years and the other shortly before his death in 1941. Tagore also left numerous drawings and paintings, and songs for which he wrote the music himself.
