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International Tagore Poetry Day Celebrated At Jamshedpur's Tagore Society

Multilingual Recitations Honor Nobel Laureate’s Literary Legacy The event showcased Tagore’s universal appeal with poems recited in various languages, emphasizing his enduring influence on literature. JAMSHEDPUR – Poetry enthusiasts gathered at Tagore Society (Rabindra Bhavan) to commemorate International Tagore Poetry Recitation Day, celebrating the literary genius of Rabindranath Tagore. Ashis…

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India's First National Space Day

Today we are celebrating country's first national space day withthe theme "Touching Lives while Touching the Moon."

Reason for celebrating National Space Day:

On August 23,2023  ISRO's Vikram lander from Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon and India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to reach its southern polar region. To honour this landmark achievement, Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced August 23 as "National Space Day".

Theme and its Significance:

Theme of this year is "Touching Lives while Touching the Moon."which honours the country's incredible space exploration history. The theme represents India's achievements in space exploration. It signifies the positive impact of India's space program on its citizens, society, and the world.

Celebrations:

National Space Day will be celebrated in Bharat mandapam at new delhi.The event features high-profile sessions, interactive exhibitions, and major announcements about India’s space achievements.

Live streaming :

 The celebrations are being streamed live on ISRO’s website and YouTube channel, allowing people across the country and around the world to participate in the festivities.

Additional Activities :

a logo design contest was held to commemorate the occasion, and a quiz was organized to test knowledge about ISRO's space achievements.

On National Space Day, let's celebrate the incredible achievements of our space pioneers and look forward to a brighter future among the stars.

Jai Hind🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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23/08/2024

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🌟 Celebrating Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti! 🎉 Today, we commemorate Rabindranath Tagore, a beacon of literary, musical, and philosophical brilliance. Tagore's profound literary works, such as "Gitanjali," echo timeless wisdom, while his melodies in Rabindra Sangeet captivate hearts globally. On this special day, let's reflect on Tagore's teachings, fostering creativity, empathy, and harmony in our lives. Let's honor his legacy by embracing diversity and promoting mutual respect. Happy Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti! #TagoreJayanti #TagoreJayanti2024 #RabindraJayanti

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On April 29, Raja Ravi Varma’s 175th birth anniversary, Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation premieres a monodrama on Sita

Sita, one of the Panchkanya (five women) painted by Raja Ravi Varma, will come alive at the Orientation Hall of Bihar Museum, on April 29, to commemorate the 175th birth anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma. Organised by Bengaluru-based Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation (RRVHF), the premiere of  Sita, a 45-minute monodrama by Anjana Manish Chandak is the fourth in the series. Gitanjali Maini, CEO,…

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DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.

International Women’s Day (IWD) official commemoration:

“DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” 8 March 2023, 10–11.30am EST General Assembly Hall, UN Headquarters.

Aligned with the priority theme of CSW67, the UN observance of IWD recognizes and celebrates the women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education and curtailing the impact of the digital gender gap on widening economic and social inequalities.

The high-level event will bring together technologists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and gender equality activists to provide an opportunity to highlight the role of all stakeholders in improving access to digital tools. The opening remarks will be followed by a high-level panel discussion and musical performances.

Participants will include:

E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

E. Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly

E. Ms. Mathu Joyini, Chair, 67th Commission on the Status of Women

Marie Bjerre, Minister for Digitalization, IT Technology and Gender Equality, Denmark

Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, via video message

Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunications Union

Gitanjali Rao, 17-year-old inventor, innovator, author, STEM promoter, UNICEF Youth Advocate

The event is open to UN Headquarters grounds pass holders. Registration is required for the in-person event, and it will be webcast on UN Women and UN Web TV.

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Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021

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Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021

This past year left us with no shortage of incredible innovations, chief among them Covid-19 vaccines. Following a harrowing 2020, we’re excited to see how innovators continue to push the envelope and bring forth what they think the world needs. From celebrating and honoring black history to improving the mental health of K-12 students, we’re keeping our eyes on these ten groundbreakers as they share their visions with the world.

Chicken-less Egg Connoisseur Arturo Elizondo

Arturo Elizondo

(Clara Foods)

“Like any good Mexican, I had two eggs for breakfast every morning, and like any good Texan I had my barbeque every Sunday,” says Arturo Elizondo. But when he learned about the devastating impacts that livestock has on the environment, he set out to find a better, more sustainable way to produce animal protein. In 2014, he co-founded Clara Foods with cell biologist David Anchel with a mission to take animals out of animal proteins.

Similar to how brewers use yeast to convert sugar into alcohol for beer, Clara Foods uses yeast and sugar to produce animal protein. Specifically, Elizondo and his team are working to produce egg proteins—one of the most challenging to find alternatives for. One trillion eggs are consumed across the globe each year, but it takes a whopping 600 gallons of water to produce a dozen eggs, he says. Since they’re so versatile and globally loved, Clara Foods is offering a cleaner alternative so that people can still enjoy eggs in all their culinary forms without the tremendous environmental impact.

Clara Foods has been knee-deep in research and development for the last six years, but the company is officially coming out of their “eggshell” in 2021 when they launch the world’s first egg protein made without a chicken, Elizondo says.

Problem-Solving Wunderkind Gitanjali Rao

Gitanjali Rao

(Gitanjali Rao)

As a 15-year-old, Gitanjali Rao is the youngest innovator on our list, but she’s certainly one to watch. She’s already tackling some of the greatest problems affecting current generations: lack of access to clean water, opioid addiction and cyberbullying.

After hearing about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, Rao was shocked to learn that people in the United States and beyond still don’t have access to safe, clean water. In response, she invented Tethys—a sensor that can detect lead in water and upload results from the water sample to an app, allowing users to quickly and affordably see if water is safe to drink. She’s also worked to address the opioid crisis by developing Epione, a way to diagnose prescription opioid addictions for patients at the onset of addiction, after hearing about a family friend who developed an addiction after a car accident. And to address cyberbullying—a problem especially relevant to her age group—Rao developed Kindly, an artificial intelligence-powered software that detects hurtful or harmful messages and then prompts users to rephrase what they send. Her thoughtful, problem-solving innovations earned her the title of TIME’s 2020 Kid of the Year.

“My motivation to solve problems in society started in a very simple manner: to solve problems that we face on a daily basis,” she says. “I try my best to understand them and look for ways to address them. I am not always successful, but the few times [I’ve succeeded,] I feel like I have contributed in some way.”

To inspire others to innovate, Rao has connected with about 35,000 students across four continents and has more events planned in the coming months. As she moves forward in 2021, Rao says she has more ideas in the works and that she’ll continue developing her current innovations as she searches for the partners to help her out.

Storytelling Composer Barron Ryan

Barron Ryan

(Daniel Charles Folkers)

On May 31, 1921, a mob of white residents attacked the Greenwood District, a predominantly black neighborhood, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in what’s known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. The attack—one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history—continued through the next day as the mob killed more than 300 black Tulsans, displaced 10,000 others and burned more than 35 city blocks to the ground.

To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Chamber Music Tulsa commissioned composer and performer Barron Ryan to tell the story of the tragedy through a piano trio. As a Tulsa native, Ryan says that it’s important for him to tell this story—a story that needs to be remembered. “It’s an integral part of who I am, and I’m honored to do it,” he says.

“Music can tell a story without using words, [and it] has an unparalleled ability to communicate” Ryan says, which is what he aspires to do with his trio. In composing the piece, he looked through firsthand accounts of the massacre. He read about a woman who hid with her daughter and read psalms as the attack raged on. Psalm 88:3 spoke to Ryan, and it ultimately inspired the melody. One of the verses reads, “My soul is full of troubles,” which Ryan borrowed as the title of his trio.

He hopes that his music inspires people to reflect on the Tulsa Race Massacre and to be courageous—to do what’s right and not simply what is easy, he says. “I’m hoping that it’s well received, and that we remember our history as Tulsans and learn the right lessons and not repeat something like this again.”

Transit Trailblazer Andrea Ponti

Andrea Ponti

(Andrea Ponti)

The Covid-19 pandemic brought public transportation to a screeching halt as people who had the means to travel in their own private vehicles opted to do so. Andrea Ponti, the founder and director of Ponti Design Studio, took the opportunity to re-think and re-plan how we get around. Inspired by social distancing, he developed Island, an electric tram designed for a post-pandemic Hong Kong, the city where he resides.

“When the pandemic took over Hong Kong, many people turned to private transport causing a dramatic increase in traffic, pollution and noise,” he says. “What makes Island attractive is that it helps to solve all those problems. The bottom line is technology needs good design in order to be efficient and accessible to most people, and I think Island might be an example of that.”

Instead of sitting in rows, the tram’s seats are organized in circles, or “islands,” seating people with their backs towards each other so they can look out the window instead of facing others. “To me that is a safer way to commute and a fun way to take in the city sights and see Hong Kong from a different viewpoint,” he says. Plus, the tram is electric and driverless, making it eco-friendlier and more efficient.

“As a designer I really like the challenge of re-imagining products and services that we often take for granted and that can be greatly impacted by social changes—in this case re-designing trams at the time of social distancing in a metropolis like Hong Kong where social distancing is hard to practice,” he says.

Ponti started developing Island in March 2020 and has since modeled the tram and produced a number of prototypes. Moving forward in 2021, he is working to scale the protypes, move into the testing phase and secure a partner to produce Island.

Honoring Black History with Anitra Belle Henderson

Anitra Belle Henderson

(Lemaris Alston)

In 1860, a plantation owner smuggled in a shipload of 110 African people to Alabama on the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States, decades after the U.S. had banned the importation of enslaved people. When enslaved people were freed in 1865, survivors of the Clotilda couldn’t afford to return to Africa, so they founded Africatown instead, a bustling town rooted in their homelands and cultures.

After years of searching for the long-lost Clotilda, a team of historians and archaeologists finally discovered it at the bottom of Alabama’s Mobile River in 2019. Now, the City of Mobile will open a heritage house in the summer of 2021 to tell the story of the Clotilda‘s survivors and of Africatown.

“We are excited to help the community tell their story,” says Anitra Belle Henderson, the executive director of communications and external affairs for the City of Mobile and the lead on all the Africatown projects. “Our goal is for visitors to understand more about those who were enslaved. They have a name and a story.”

The heritage house is designed to be an immersive experience. Visitors will feel the waves of the ocean like the enslaved people felt on their voyage, read stories of the slave trade and be introduced to the survivors of the Clotilda. They’ll also be able to visit Africatown, where many descendants of the Clotilda‘s survivors still reside.

“Each detail of the heritage house was designed with reverence to the ancestors, descendants and the community,” Belle Henderson says. “Those who are curious about African culture can visit an African community on American soil—a community that was built with hope and promise.”

“The many stories show the diverse brilliance of black people,” she says. “Since the [discovery] of the Clotilda there has been a new excitement in the community. Educating people about Africatown’s past will definitely create a bright future for a community that so deserves the attention it is receiving.”

Nautical Visionary Brett Phaneuf

Brett Phaneuf

(IBM)

In April 2021, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, one of the world’s first full-sized self-navigating ships, will set sail from the United Kingdom’s Plymouth Harbor and traverse the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It will retrace the voyage made by the original Mayflower in 1620 that brought Pilgrims to New England, but instead of looking back at 400 years of history, it represents what the next wave of nautical advances will look like.

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is a collaboration between the marine research organization ProMare and IBM, which developed the ship’s artificial intelligence systems that will allow it to navigate unassisted across the ocean. The Mayflower team is hoping to revolutionize ocean research by creating an affordable option for scientists to study the ocean without necessarily being on board a ship. Without needing to worry about the logistics for housing people on board, like sleeping, eating and sanitation, the ship can accommodate more technology, like cameras and sensors, and stay out at sea longer.

“If it works as designed, then it will substantially drive down the cost of collecting data at sea,” says Phaneuf, a co-founder and co-director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project. “This will lead to [a] better understanding of our oceans and climate.”

Phaneuf’s biggest hope for the Mayflower is that it makes it across the ocean and sparks the conversation about how autonomous ships can be used to study the high seas. During this first voyage, the ship will collect meteorological and oceanographic data as well as water samples to study microplastic distribution.

Student Advocate Samantha Pratt

Samantha Pratt

(Samantha Pratt)

Two thirds of all U.S. youth face at least one trauma by age 16 that can stem from poverty, racism, domestic or community violence, or substance abuse, says Samantha Pratt, the CEO and founder of KlickEngage.

“Students carry heavy emotional backpacks into the classroom every day that they cannot put down,” she says. “I was teaching high-need students in an overcrowded classroom and could not check in with each of my students every day in order to address their issues. Out of urgent need, I decided that I had to find a way to streamline student self-report.”

To do so, Pratt designed KlickEngage—an app that allows users to self-report their mental state each day by completing a two-minute survey. The app, which has reached thousands of kids,then provides students with targeted coping mechanisms while delivering real-time data to educators so that they can identify and supports students carrying heavy emotional loads, Pratt says. Schools have the ability to make a huge impact for students by providing health services and resources, but they’re often limited and underfunded.

“By directly serving students, teachers and schools, we limit the impacts of adverse experiences on school engagement in early years of education so that there is a higher likelihood of student success in later years, breaking the cycle of trauma and poverty,” Pratt says.

Students are still facing adversities, plus the compounded issues brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, such as unemployment, food insecurity and fear-based anxiety, Pratt says. Since KlickEngage is able to be adapted for a physical or virtual learning environment, it can help educators check in with students, even from a distance. In 2021, KlickEngage is planning to grow its impact and reach more classrooms.

Pandemic-Inspired Architects Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg

Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg

(Vincent Tullo)

In 2020, homes transformed into all-in-one offices, gyms, daycares, classrooms, vacation destinations and restaurants as people’s lives became confined to their residences. As a result, people noticed just how important their home environment is to their mental and emotional wellbeing, say Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg, the founding partners of SO–IL, an architecture and design firm.

At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Liu and Idenburg were in the beginning stages of designing a new 30-unit residential building in Brooklyn. They also found themselves adjusting to living and working from home with their two daughters, and they say that experience helped shape the design for the new building, to be completed in 2022. Now that people are home all the time, Liu and Idenburg needed to create a space that was both multi-functional and comfortable for residents. For example, they moved bedrooms to opposite sides of the apartment to muffle noise and distractions, which are typically clustered together. They also incorporated multiple outdoor spaces for each unit, creating easy access to fresh air and sunshine.

The pandemic has highlighted what people really need in their homes, and architecture trends in the future will reflect that, they say. “The main lesson to take away is that the lifespan of a building will be longer than the interval between pandemics,” they say. “From a sustainability standpoint, we should endeavor to build buildings that last ‘forever.’ It means we need to design for future pandemics.”

Mosquito-Trapping Mastermind Kennyjie

Kennyjie

(Eric Lau)

When industrial designer Kennyjie (he prefers to go by just his first name) was 12 years old, he contracted dengue fever—a flu-like disease transmitted by mosquitos—while living in Indonesia. “Being able to afford long hospital care, I was one of the privileged kids who walked out alive,” he says. Mosquito-borne disease prevention has remained an issue close to his heart, and it’s the driving force behind his new innovation, Quito.

While visiting Bali, Kennyjie noticed that the mosquito prevention tactics were inconvenient and ineffective, so he set out to design his own. Quito, which made the International Top 20 for the James Dyson Award in 2020, uses a simple chemical reaction to produce carbon dioxide and an artificial human odor to attract mosquitoes, and then it vacuums them into a chamber. By luring mosquitoes in instead of repelling them, Quito reduces their local population and the chance of disease transmission. It’s designed to be placed in tropical resorts to lessen the likelihood of an outbreak as people travel in and out of the region.

Kennyjie traveled through multiple Indonesian villages to ensure that Quito’s design is informed by the local culture, economy and climate so that it fits into the “geographical context in which it is needed,” he says. This year, Kennyjie will continue running more tests from his home in Melbourne, Australia, until international borders are open and he can start pilot tests in Indonesia.

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01/14Celebrate World Poetry Day with 13 poets you should definitely read

Poetry is a beautiful literary form of expression that has the power to touch and caress the deepest core of one’s heart and soul. Not only does it have the power to express deep emotions with meaningful symbolisms, rhythmic verses and powerful imageries, but it can also communicate values, beliefs and ideas that have travelled through generations and different cultures. William Wordsworth had once defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” and up until today, poetry is seen as one of the best literary mediums to express oneself. It is true that one cannot imagine a world without poetry.

21st March is recognized by UNESCO as World Poetry Day, wherein all the poets in the world are celebrated and commemorated for their creative spirits and the ability to beautifully convey their messages through lyrical expression. On this special day, here are 13 outstanding poets you should definitely read:

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02/14Robert Frost

Robert Frost, also known as the poet of sadness, was one of the most-renowned American poets of his time. The only winner of four Pulitzer Prizes, Frost’s poetry mainly deals with themes of isolation and alienation, depicting his deep understanding of the human nature and existence. Known for his beautiful and realistic depiction of rural life, some of his best poems include “Birches”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Mending Wall” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay”.

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03/14John Donne

John Donne was an eminent scholar and poet of his time. One of the greatest representatives of the metaphysical age, his literary poems were known for their metaphorical references and sensual styles which included sonnets, love and religious poems, elegies and satires. Donne’s style of writing was famous for its abrupt openings and ironies. Some of his best works include “The Flea”, “The Good-Morrow” and “The Canonization”.

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04/14William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was one the first English Romantic Poets, who along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge began the wave of Romanticism in English Literature with their joint publication “Lyrical Ballads”. A poet laureate, he is known for his themes of spiritual and epistemological connections between the humans and nature. He advocated using words and speeches in literature that were more accessible to the common man. Some of his most read poems include “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”, “The Prelude” and “The Solitary Reaper”.

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05/14Maya Angelou

One of the most inspirational and acclaimed poets, author and activist, Maya Angelou is well-known for her generous contributions to the literary field. While her poems explore variety of themes including love, loss, gender, sexuality and racism, they have been referred to as anthems for African-American people. Often known as the “People’s poet” or “the black woman’s poet laureate”, some of her famous poems are “Phenomenal Woman”, “Alone” and “Still I Rise”.

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06/14Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore is a world-renowned Indian poet and philosopher, who has inspired an entire generation of literature enthusiasts. A Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Tagore was also known by some as the ‘Bard of Bengal’ for his continuous efforts and contributions in reshaping Bengali literature and music. “Gitanjali”, Tagore’s anthology of poems is considered one of his most applauded masterpieces in the world of Indian literature.

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07/14Alfred Lord Tennyson

A poet laureate Ireland of the Victorian era, Alfred Lord Tennyson was one of the three most famous living persons of his time. He was an official poetic spokesperson for the period of Queen Victoria’s reign and went on to receive much acclaim for his contributions to the poetic world. Most of his writings portrayed a deep sympathy towards the loss of a rural existence due to the coming of an industrial age. Therefore, most well-known works of Tennyson include “Ullysses”, “Break, Break, Break” and “Mariana”.

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08/14Walt Whitman

An American, Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest literary poets in English language of his time. He is widely known for his epic collection of poetry “The leaves of Grass” published in 1855 and republished several times until his last publication that consisted of 400 poems that he cherished the most. He is also famously known for his poems such as “Song of Myself” and “I Sing the Body Electric”.

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09/14Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath is one of the most cherished poets of the 20th Century. She died at a young age of 30, but was successful in creating a literary legacy that has inspired many young aspiring writers. She is credited with starting the literary genre of ‘confessional poetry’, which focuses on the emotional journey of the Self. Some of her best works include “Lady Lazarus”, “Daddy”, “The Moon and the Yew Tree” and “Morning Song”.

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10/14Nirala

Suryakant Tripathi, better known by his pen name ‘Nirala’ was one of the most-acclaimed poet of the modern Hindi literature. Not only did he write in Hindi, he also mastered other languages such as Sanskrit, English and Bengali. Little-known to the English speaking world of poetry, Nirala majored the art of writing in the Hindi Literature with mastery of Khari Boli. Some of his most well-known works are “Dhwani”, “Geet Gunj” and “Janmabhumi”.

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स्वतंत्रता दिवस स्पेशल |  Biopic of Legend - RABINDRANATH TAGORE (रबीन्द्रनाथ टैगोरजी) Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. On his birthday, Shemaroo Kids Hindi presents to you a short video on Rabindranath Tagore’s biography commemorating his eventful journey and achievements.  A well-presented video on the life history of Tagore that talks about his contribution in Literature and Indian culture. Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field of Literature for his collection of poems and songs, Gitanjali (translated in English). The National Anthem of India and Bangladesh, ‘Jana, Gana, Mana’ and ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ respectively have been written and composed by him.

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Independence Day Special |  Biopic of Legend - RABINDRANATH TAGORE | Shemaroo Kids Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. On his birthday, Shemaroo Kids presents to you a short video on Rabindranath Tagore’s biography commemorating his eventful journey and achievements. A well-presented video on the life history of Tagore that talks about his contribution to Literature and Indian culture. Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field of Literature for his collection of poems and songs, Gitanjali (translated in English). The National Anthem of India and Bangladesh, ‘Jana, Gana, Mana’ and ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ respectively have been written and composed by him.