Rabindranath Tagore
21) The Boat-wreck
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'Tagore picks up the flotsam of a love story from the Ganga and narrates it like only he can. An eternal human story.'- GulzarAfter a boat-wreck overturns his life, Rameshchandra Chowdhury mistakes young Kamala for his newly wedded bride. They move away from Calcutta to start a domestic life together, even as Ramesh is unable to forget Hemnalini, whom he was always in love with, but could not marry. Meanwhile, Hemnalini must steel her heart,...
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Tagore's treatment of caste culture, bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth century India and all are, interwoven with Tagore's perceptive eye for detail, strong sense of humanity and deep affinity for the natural world. Tagore's stories continue to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world.
This collection contains some of the best stories of Tagore who put India on...
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Originally published in 1915, this collection features a selection of songs by the poet Kabir, one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism. Author: Rabindranath Tagore Language: English Keywords: Literature / Poetry / Hinduism Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in...
25) The Gardner
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In his landmark collection Gitanjali, Tagore explored the realm of the spirit, paring down language to its clearest, purest form. In The Gardener, he gives expression to more worldly themes. Here, he is a fisherman, a restless wanderer, a servant and queen, an observer of life in all forms.
27) Chitra
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"This lyrical drama… is based on the following story from the Mahabharata. In the course of his wanderings, in fulfilment of a vow of penance, Arjuna came to Manipur. There he saw Chitra, the beautiful daughter of Chitravhana, the king of the country. Smitten with her charms, he asked the king for the hand of his daughter in marriage. Chitravhana asked him who he was, and learning that he was Arjuna the Pandara, told him that Prabhanjana, one of...
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Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) fue un talentoso hombre del Renacimiento Bengalí, distinguiéndose como filósofo, reformador social y político, y un destacado escritor en todos los géneros literarios. Desempeñó un papel fundamental en la promoción de la libertad de prensa y ejerció una profunda influencia en Gandhi y en los fundadores de la India moderna. La grandiosa obra de Rabindranath Tagore le valió el honor de ser el primer escritor...
29) Thought Relics
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It is given to us to reveal our soul, that which is One in us, which is eternal. This can only be done by its passage through the fleeting Many; to assert the infinity of the spirit by continual sacrifice of forms. The self being the vessel that gathers and holds gives us the opportunity of giving up. If we believe only in self then we anxiously cling to our stores which causes us misery and failure. When we believe in soul the very inconstancy of...
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Considerada como una de las novelas más representativas y complejas de Tagore, Gora presenta un retrato magistral de la sociedad bengalí a través de la epopeya de su protagonista. En el relato se entreteje una historia que muestra una India cuya diversidad de razas, culturas y religiones, pero sobre todo la división en castas, provocan un desgarro que lamentablemente no se aleja del que vive en la actualidad. En Gora, Tagore hace su universal...
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The Religion of Man (1931) is a compilation of lectures by Rabindranath Tagore, edited by Tagore and drawn largely from his Hibbert Lectures given at Oxford University in May 1930. A Brahmo playwright and poet of global renown, Tagore deals with the universal themes of God, divine experience, illumination, and spirituality. A brief conversation between him and Albert Einstein, "Note on the Nature of Reality", is included as an appendix.
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Tagore's novel Glimpses of Bengal is a thorough exploration of the East Indian culture and tradition, as well as the contrast in how the British ruled. The book begins with a short overview of Tagore's life, and proceeds to give an in-depth look into the lives of many different people from across Bengal. Along with telling these stories, Tagore also delves into his own views on the political and social climate in Bengal at that time.
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Awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore (1861- 1941) is considered the most important poet of modern-day India. He was also a distinguished author, educator, social reformer, and philosopher. Today, Tagore along with Mahatma Gandhi are prized as the foremost intellectual and spiritual advocates of India's liberation from imperial rule. This inspiring collection of Tagore's poetry represent his "simple prayers of common...
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Nationalism is a collection of essays written by Rabindranath Tagore, the renowned Indian poet, philosopher, and Nobel laureate. The book is a compilation of Tagore's thoughts and reflections on the concept of nationalism and its implications on society, culture, and the individual. Tagore's views on nationalism were a response to the prevalent political and social climate during his time, and his critique remains influential and relevant today. "Letters"...
35) Crossing: Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it
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Rabindranath Tagore was the first Bengali to win the Nobel Prize. His works are infused with life from the East. His style may be beguilingly simple but his view is immense.
36) The Lover of God
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Tagore's supressed book now available in an English-Bengali edition. For the first time in English, here is the sequence of poems Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (18611941) worked on his entire life--the erotic and emotionally powerful dialogue about Lord Krishna and his young lover Radha. These "song offerings" are the first poems Tagore ever published, though he passed them off as those of an unknown Bengali religious poet. As the first and last...
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This vintage book contains a collection of one hundred poems by the fifteenth-century Indian poet Kabir, translated in 1915 by Rabindranath Tagore. These fantastic poems explore Hindu and Sufi philosophies and are highly recommended for all poetry lovers. Kabir's work significantly influenced Hinsuism's Bhakti movement and his writings are prominent in the Sikh scripture Adi Granth. Contents include: "mo ko kahân dhûnro bande", "Santan jât na pûcho...
38) My Remininscenes
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My Reminiscences was written by Tagore in his fiftieth-year, as he prepared to embark on a journey around the world. "I know not who paints the pictures on memory's canvas, but whoever he may be, what he is painting are pictures, by which I mean that he is not there with his brush simply to make a faithful copy of all that is happening. He takes in and leaves out according to his taste…In short he is painting pictures, and not writing history."...
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Discover How Tagore's Spiritual Life and Vision Can Enlighten Your Own
"Rabindranath Tagore's philosophical and spiritual thoughts transcend all limits of language, culture, and nationality. In his writings, the poet and mystic takes us on a spiritual quest and gives us a glimpse of the infinite in the midst of the finite, unity at the heart of all diversity, and the Divine in all beings and things of the universe."
-from the Preface by Swami Adiswarananda
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Amal es un niño huérfano, adoptado por Madhav, a quien su médico ha prohibido salir a la calle. Un día descubre que han situado una oficina de correos frente a su casa, lo que despierta su imaginación: su gran sueño es recibir una carta del rey.
De entre las piezas teatrales de Tagore, quizá ninguna es tan popular y conocida como "El cartero del Rey", la cual tiene la virtud de ser, al mismo tiempo, una de las obras que refleja con más profundidad...