'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 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 Asia's first Nobel Laureate. His contribution to India's freedom movement is forever immortalized in Jana Gana Mana, a song he wrote to inspire the nation. This wonderfully insightful biography, rich in anecdotesand little-known facts, brings alive this legendary figure to contemporary readers. Monideepa Sahu vividly recounts Rabindranth's 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. Explore the life and times of this remarkable personality in this compelling biography.
This is a wonderful biography that carries the reader through a whole sweep of history. To tell the truth, I have always felt that Tagore was a bit overrated, perhaps because he was one of the few Indians writing in English in his time. Monideepa Sahu's biography really brought home to me what an extraordinary person, what a visionary he was, and how he actually lived his vision instead of just sitting on his high horse and talking about it.
The tone and language of this biography are just ...