Tagore’s Literary Repertoire

Manasi, the first collection of Tagore’s poems was published in 1890. As a novelist Tagore portrayed an authentic picture of the upper middle-class life in Bengal in Naukadubi, Chokher-Bali, Gora and Ghare Baire. The last two are interesting studies of the...

Bengali Literature

The Bengali literature originated from the classical Indo-Aryan Sanskrit language and literature. But the influence of other non-Aryan languages on Bengali cannot be ignored. It is also believed that the Bengali literature was also influenced by Kol and Dravidian (the...

National Anthem of India

Jana Gana Mana: The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on Tuesday, 24th January 1950. Rabindranath Tagore wrote it at the request of...
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