Rabindranath Tagore & His social contribution

LIFE HISTORY

1. Tagore was born on 6th may 1861 in Bangle in a prosperous family;

2. His father Maharishi Debendranath Tagore a well-known hindu reformer

and mystic and his mother was Shrimati Sharada Devi.

3. At primary level his father provided him education in Sanskrit language,

Indian philosophy & Astronomy.

4. For higher education, he was sent to Bengal Academy where in he

developed an aversion to the prevalent dull rigid and dull education.

5. He was then sent to England where in he left it and further studied on his

own. He gradually started writing in magazines etc.

LIFE HISTORY(CONT.)

6. He turned into a poet, dramatist, philosopher and painter. He was

then awarded the title of GURUDEV.

7. He got the Novel prize in 1913 for Gitanjali.

8. The then Indian govt. awarded him with knighthood bestowed in

1915 which he eventually gave away after the Jalyanwalabagh incident.

9. He established Vishwa Bharti on 22nd sept, 1921 whose aim was to

create a synthesis of the east and west.

10. He died in 1941.

CONTRIBUTION OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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abindranath Tagore is known mostly for

his poetry. Tagore wrote novels, essays,

short stories, travelogues, dramas, and

thousands of songs.

CONTRIBUTION OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE(CONT.)

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ongs: Tagore was a prolific composer with 2,230 songs to his credit. His

songs are known as rabindrasangit ("Tagore Song").

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In 1971, Amar Shonar Bangla became the national anthem of

Bangladesh. It was written—ironically—to protest the 1905 Partition of

Bengal along communal lines: lopping Muslim-majority East Bengal

from Hindu-dominated West Bengal was to avert a regional bloodbath.

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he national anthem of India Jana Gana Mana was also composed by

Tagore.

CONTRIBUTION OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE(CONT.)

CONTRIBUTION OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE (CONT.)

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e would like to add a poetry from his famous novel GITANJILI:

“ আমার এ গান েছেড়েছ তার

সকল অলংকার েতামার কােছ রােখ িন আর

।সােজর অহংকার অলংকার েয মােঝ প 'েড় িমলেনেত আডা়ল কের ,

েতামার কথা ঢােক েয তার ।মুখর ঝংকার

েতামার কােছ খােট না েমার

কিবর গরব করা-

মহাকিব , েতামার পােয়

।িদেত চাই েয ধরা

জীবন লেয় যতন কির

যিদ সরল বঁা িশ গিড়,

আপন সুের িদেব ভির

।“সকল িছদর্ তার

CONTRIBUTION OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE(CONT.)

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ovels:

T

agore wrote eight novels and four novellas, among

them Chaturanga, Shesher Kobita, Char Odhay, and Noukadubi. Ghare

Baire (The Home and the World) .

Story books:

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agore composed some beautiful stories which are worthy to read. The

Hungry Stones is one of importance.

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abuliwala is another which depicts the friendship of a fruit seller from

Kabul and little mini instead of their age difference.

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aintings: At sixty, Tagore took up drawing and painting;

successful exhibitions of his many works—which made a

debut appearance in Paris upon encouragement by artists

he met in the south of France—were held throughout

Europe. He was likely red-green color blind, resulting in

works that exhibited strange colour schemes and off-beat

aesthetics.

TAGORE’S WRITINGS AGAINST SOCIAL PROBLEMS

A

remarkable aspect of Rabindranath Tagore’s life is the way his persona

had changed radically from the restricted identity of an oriental

romantic-mystic to the wide-ranging identity of a concerned citizen of

the world. A poet, who had earlier attempted to blend spiritual and

romantic notions in his quest of grasping the mystery surrounding

individual human soul and the divine, increasingly began to give voice

to the minds of the colonized and oppressed people and expressed his

passionate desire to be identified as one of them.

I

n Political & educational terms , Rabindranath

wrote some highly encouraging verse. “Gora” is

related to political reviews.

During his being a Landlord, He felt very closely

the sufferings & Sorrows of the farmers & poor

people. He gave various writings to newspapers

and also in his writings for changing their situation.

F

rom a very ancient period in Bengali society, Dowry

system is very common. Periodically the dowry system

is becoming the main cause of Women injustice.

Rabindranath Tagore realized the importance of this

disgusting fact and he raised his voice through his

writings. Such as “Dena-Pawna”; “Hoimonti”; “Bow-

Thakurain ar golpo” etc are remarkable.

CONCLUSION

R

abindranath Tagore was a great genius. His

ways of expressing the beauty of Bangla was

just awesome. He is always a remarkable

example for Bangla Literature. We are proud

of him and also remember him.

Thank you For

your Patience