Rabindranath Tagore: The Renaissance Man

by Monideepa Sahu

About the Puffin Rabindranath The Renaissance Man Explore the life and times of this remarkable personality through this compelling biography. Born in 1861 in one of the foremost families of Bengal, Little Rabi grew up to become a great nationalist, a gifted writer, a talented artist, a brilliant visionary and a reformer of education. He was also Asias first Nobel Laureate. His contribution to Indias Freedom Movement is forever immortalized in Jana Gana Mana, a song he wrote to inspire the nation. This wonderfully insightful biography, rich in anecdotes and little-known facts, brings alive this legendary figure to contemporary readers. Monideepa Sahu vividly recounts Rabindranths experiences at school that helped to formulate his vision of Shantiniketan. She also traces the evolution of his poetry from schoolboy rhymes in dog-eared notebooks to universally loved poetry, prose, novels and short stories. About the Monideepa Sahu Monideepa Sahu is a former banker, who had a whale of a time writing her fantasy adventure novel, Riddle of the Seventh Stone. Her short stories for both adults and young people have been widely anthologized in India and abroad. She enjoys concocting tall tales, and can also wax eloquent on deathly serious subjects. She lives in Bangalore with her extended family of people, a vintage PC, and countless arthropods. Catch up with her at Reviews The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.- Gitanjali

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2013