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Tagore : A Life
Rabindranath Tagore, one of the great sons of India, was a genius in many ways. As a poet, thinker, teacher, playwright, he had a deep knowledge of the society of his days and was a staunch lover of Nature. Gurudev Tagore founded Santiniketan in a natural surrounding thereby giving vent to his passion for nature and a new education system. This biography of Rabindranath Tagore impressively records the development of the personality of the man through the various influences, the ordeals he faced in life and his zest for life.
Krishna Kriplani (1907-1992), a freedom fighter, began his career as a teacher in Santiniketan. Between 1933 and 1941 he worked in close association with Rabindranath Tagore and edited Visva-Bharati Quarterly the journal started by Tagore. He was the first secretary of the Sahitya Akademi from 1954 to 1971. A nominated member of Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1980, a Padmabhushan recipient, he was also the Chairman of National Book Trust, India, from 1980 to 1985. Gandhi - A Life, Gandhi - the Modern Mahatma, Rabindranath Tagore: A Biography, Dwarakanath Tagore, Modern India: Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore are some of his important books.
Krishna Kriplani (1907-1992), a freedom fighter, began his career as a teacher in Santiniketan. Between 1933 and 1941 he worked in close association with Rabindranath Tagore and edited Visva-Bharati Quarterly the journal started by Tagore. He was the first secretary of the Sahitya Akademi from 1954 to 1971. A nominated member of Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1980, a Padmabhushan recipient, he was also the Chairman of National Book Trust, India, from 1980 to 1985. Gandhi - A Life, Gandhi - the Modern Mahatma, Rabindranath Tagore: A Biography, Dwarakanath Tagore, Modern India: Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore are some of his important books.
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278 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Krishna Kripalani
43 books2 followersdied early 1992 in Santiniketan, India, obit printed 1992-April-27
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November 16, 2013
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January 18, 2019
The work is almost written in a poetic form which gives a kind of feeling as if we are reading Tagore himself.Krishna kriplani was a protege of him,which might be a reason.It is written in a language which reminds me of a work on Gibran by Suheil bushrui.
The work is sprinkled with verses and couplets from Tagore's works which makes it even more enchanting,rather being a dry work of critiquing his poetic genius.
But i wanted to explore his interactions with Bose when he was in quandary over his future prospects in liberation movement.
There s also no mention of the influence his thoughts exercised on the minds of great nationalists and internationalists like Nehru.
Moreover there is an enchanting discussion between him and Einstein on the nature of reality which is not mentioned here.
But the comparative analysis of his and Gandhi's thoughts is given in this work which can further be explored from a work titled "mahatma and the poet".
He was more than a genius is revealed from a simple fact that when he went for the first time into unconsciousness he penned down verses which he had a first hand experience in that lingering stage between life and death.
Compare this thing to the jim morrison's roadhouse blues which was too written when he tried to recover from that unconsciousness induced by drugs.One may call it an "eastern bias",but i still preferred couplets of gurudev instead of morrison for the simple reason of the profundity of depth he explored in those lines.
He is a man beyond all measures is illustrated from a simple fact that most of todays Indian foreign policy is guided by idealism which emerged from him and reflected from the mental prism of Nehru.
Indeed the "discovery of India" is replete with his verses.
The work is sprinkled with verses and couplets from Tagore's works which makes it even more enchanting,rather being a dry work of critiquing his poetic genius.
But i wanted to explore his interactions with Bose when he was in quandary over his future prospects in liberation movement.
There s also no mention of the influence his thoughts exercised on the minds of great nationalists and internationalists like Nehru.
Moreover there is an enchanting discussion between him and Einstein on the nature of reality which is not mentioned here.
But the comparative analysis of his and Gandhi's thoughts is given in this work which can further be explored from a work titled "mahatma and the poet".
He was more than a genius is revealed from a simple fact that when he went for the first time into unconsciousness he penned down verses which he had a first hand experience in that lingering stage between life and death.
Compare this thing to the jim morrison's roadhouse blues which was too written when he tried to recover from that unconsciousness induced by drugs.One may call it an "eastern bias",but i still preferred couplets of gurudev instead of morrison for the simple reason of the profundity of depth he explored in those lines.
He is a man beyond all measures is illustrated from a simple fact that most of todays Indian foreign policy is guided by idealism which emerged from him and reflected from the mental prism of Nehru.
Indeed the "discovery of India" is replete with his verses.
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