Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was born in Kolkata in 1861. Tagore was a great humanist, painter, playwright, novelist, philosopher and educationist.
Tagore began to write from an early age. He was very energetic and talented and his writing proved to be path breaking and revolutionary. Tagore was against divisions, boundaries and discrimination on the basis of race, geography or territory.
He always believed in the oneness of life and its expression. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1913 for his collection of beautiful and lyrical poems called Gitanjali (a bouquet of flowers ). It was a moment of pride and honour for all the Indians. His other well-known poetry collections include Sonar Tari, Chitra, Kalpana. His plays include Chitrangda and Malini. Gora Bonodini, Raja and Rani are his novels.
He was a great educationist and founded a university called Shantiniketan . He was the voice and song of humanity, a great son of India. He also gave India its national anthem, ’Jana Gana Mana
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