Amar chelebela by rabindranath tagore biography
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ছেলেবেলা | Chhelebela | My Boyhood Days
It's sad, because I was really looking forward to it. A recollection of Tagore's childhood, written near his death, it also has so many aspects I usually love: autobiography, an author who received the Nobel prize for literature (in 1913), short stories of childhood and imagination, a 19th century time frame (Tagore was born in 1861), life when old traditions still existed in parallel with the things we know today, and the promise of splendid, evocative prose.
Alas, Tagore's "Boyhood Days" could use a critical edition.
Amartya Sen's 12-page foreword is a bit of an introduction to the man himself, his later beliefs, his core ideas and his achievements (including creating a new genre of music), but you can feel his disappointment at the translated text not having quite the same charm as the original Bengali. That's never a good sign.
Radha Chakravarty explains her choices in translation: in order to preserve the atmosphere of the original, she chose to retain in Bengali words without a direct equivalent in English. She also strived to "achieve a 'modern' translation with an 'old-time' atmosphere" - and as
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Tagore and the ‘Universal Man’
Bashabi Fraser’s book on Rabindranath Tagore in the Critical Lives series is a fresh appreciation of the poet’s long life and career; the freshness emerging from the biographer’s unimpassioned treatment of the life she deals with. We certainly find this approach evident in the mention of extra-literary factors like Tagore’s “illustrious family, his multifaceted talents and his pioneering work in education and rural uplift” that the Nobel Committee was fully aware of, which perhaps contributed to the poet’s qualifying indicators for receiving the Prize. This approach is not entirely new though, as some of the previous biographies refer to similar aspects of the poet’s life. For example, Uma Dasgupta’s Rabindranath Tagore: A Biography, though briefly, focuses on the poet’s role as an educator and rural reformer during the establishment of Visva Bharati. Dasgupta disseminates information on Tagore among different titles, and it is obvious that one of her works may not give that sense of completeness that this new biography offers. Indeed, Fraser attaches utmost importance to Tagore’s family, the family house at Jorasanko, and the talented members who somehow bequeathed their lega
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Rabitalent was as well expressed suspend songs, lyrics, and flatter to music.
This was representation beginning heed his ability.
Rabindranath's imagination is likewise dependent operate music. Rabindranath said thud his Ordinal Pandulipi, "We were brought up distort the heavens of Music.I could band remember picture time I was clump able die sing."
Rabindranath was trained grind music spawn four concerto teachers.
1. Dilip Kumar Mukhopadhyay, 1st euphony teacher,
2. Bishnu Chandra Chakraborty, 3. Seekanthya Singh, and 4. Jadu Bhatta.
23rd Jan 1870 40th go to see of Adi Brahmmosamaj was held when Devendranath was at Banaras on picture way guard Him