#rabindranath tagore

[neelihara]

Jane Austen would've loved Ao3

Rabindranath Tagore would've loved Tumblr

Agatha Christie would've loved true crime podcasts

Leonardo Da Vinci would've loved drones

Vincent Van Gogh would've loved Procreate

Cleopatra would-be loved Vlogging and Makeup videos on YouTube

Shakespeare would've loved roasting people on Twitter

Benjamin Franklin would've loved memes

Nikola Tesla would've loved WiFi and would binge watch cat videos

Franz kafka would've loved blogging

Socrates would've loved TED talks

[ssavaart]

Rabindranath Tagore

One of the things I love the most about making content online is... I've grown so much as a human being.

My art has gotten better too, of course.

But every day I'm introduced to so many cultures and customs and people from all different walks of life and it has honestly made me a better person because of that.

Just today, I was introduced to Rabindranath Tagore. And I think the thing that made me immediately want to learn more about him was that he was referred to as "The Bard of Bengal."

He was a Polymath (which, I think means he was really smart in a lot of different subjects) from Bengal who became the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

He was a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter.

He was a humanist, universalist, internationalist, and ardent critic of nationalism, he denounced the British Rule over India and advocated independence from Britain.

He hung out with Einstein and Gandhi and seemed like a generally cool guy.

Both India and Bangladesh use his works as their national anthems.

And while I'm getting most of my information from Wikipedia... my subscribers from India and Bengal assured me that Rabindranath Tagore is absolutely beloved and truly someone more people should know about.

Sending Big Hugs from the Hobbit Hole. ♥♥♥

Scott

[mountain-sage]

[sapphireshorelines]

You can never know anyone as completely as you want. But that’s okay, love is better.

Caroline Paul / letter 172 from Letters From A Young Poet by Rabindranath Tagore

[nobeerreviews]

Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.

-- Rabindranath Tagore

(Bucharest, Romania)

[quietlotus]

“Let my doing nothing when I have nothing to do become untroubled in its depth of peace like the evening in the seashore when the water is silent.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

[perfectquote]

And when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.

Rabindranath Tagore

[philosophors]

“Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us. It is not a mere sentiment; it is truth; it is the joy that is at the root of all creation.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

[el-jujeniodeletras]

Día 10

[lillyli-74]

You are beauty and abundance, terror and famine.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

[entheognosis]

[perfectfeelings]

And when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.

Rabindranath Tagore

[uwmspeccoll]

National Poets Day

On this National Poets Day, August 21, we celebrate the work of Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Tagore began writing poetry as a child and remained committed throughout his life to exploring the natural and spiritual world through poetry and prose. He was known as the “Bard of Bengal” and in 1913 became the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his collection of poetry Gitanjali.  

Within the Special Collections we hold the first edition of Moon, For What Do You Wait?, a collection of Tagore poems from his 1916 publication Stray Birds which consisted of 326 verses. Published in 1967 by Atheneum, Moon, For What Do You Wait? was edited by Richard Lewis, director of the Touchstone Center for Children in New York City, with illustrations by award-winning artist and author Ashley Bryan (1923-2022). Lewis manages to whittle down Tagore’s lines without losing any of the imbued wonder and delight present in the original publication. Accompanied by Bryan’s bold illustrations, readers are encouraged to let their eyes wander over the pages, getting lost in prose and imagery.  

View more poetry posts.

-- Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[indeedgoodman]

[nobeerreviews]

In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan.

-- Rabindranath Tagore

(Siracusa, Italy)

[atimefordragons]

Grandfather, grandfather, grandfather, grandfather, grandfather... HEY! THAT IS RABINDRANATH TAGORE! ... I know.

#ME #AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE WEST LONG AFTER BOTH MY SILENT GENERATION DADA AND NANA DIED #I TOO HAVE MADE THIS MISTAKE #LOL