On the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, we present here some vignettes from his writings providing an insight to his wandering spirit. These vignettes appeared in Mainstream (May 4, 1963).
I was one day summoned upstairs to my (...)
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The Nemesis
14 May 2011RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Your breathern you have treated with disrespect,
You have denied them their simple human rights.
You have made them stand and wait before you,
And not given them a place in your affection.
You must share with them all, their (...) -
Tagore and Nehru
14 May 2011This contribution from the distinguished scientist who was closely associated with Tagore for over two decades throws interesting light on the approach and attitude of the two greatest sons of India. It is being reproduced from Mainstream (...) -
South, North and the United Nations in a 21st Century World—III
14 May 2011Global Leadership And Global Systemic Issues
Boutros Boutros-Ghali And Branislav Gosovic
The following is the third and concluding part of a lengthy article being published here in three parts. The first and second parts appeared in the (...) -
China Impressions
14 May 2011, by V.P. Dutt[(TRIBUTE
Prof V.P. Dutt, 86, one of the most renowned Indian scholars on China—he was the doyen of Chinese Studies in this country—and noted foreign policy expert (whose speeches on international issues were heard with rapt attention in the Rajya (...) -
Cameos
14 May 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary falls on Monday (May 9, 2011). On this occasion we are reproducing two pieces by N.C. on Tagore written 70 years ago, in 1941. Both were published in The Calcutta Municipal (...) -
Revisiting a Tebhaga Village
14 May 2011, by Arup Kumar SenThe Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 marked a turning point in the peasant movement of Bengal. It was the struggle of sharecroppers for two-thirds share of the produce. In other words, it was the struggle for reduction of land rent from 50 per cent (...) -
Let’s Not Forget US’ Grand Design
14 May 2011, by Bashir MohammadThe US efforts to bridle and tame the Arab revolutionary wave in the Middle East seems to be bearing fruit. After Washington’s failure to defend and rescue its staunchest ally in the region, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who acted as the most effective (...) -
Clear Case of Racial Arrogance Leading to Genocide
14 May 2011, by Rajindar SacharSTATEMENT
Former President of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties Rajindar Sachar has issued the following statement.
It would seem that international law is non-existent. That alone can explain the barbaric bombing of civilian targets in (...) -
Daybreak in Russia
14 May 2011by Rabindranath Tagore
(This letter by Rabindranath Tagore to his grand-daughter, Nandini, was written in 1930 when the Poet was spending a few days in a country-house outside Moscow during his trip to the Soviet Union. Addressed to a girl of (...)
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