Rabindranath Tagore: Music Fills The Infinite Between Two Souls!

Rabindranath Tagore was a legendary Indian poet. He was also one of the great philosopher, patriot, painter, and humanist. People often describe him with the word Gurudev to regard him. This exceptional personality was born on the 7th of May in 1861 at Calcutta. His early education was at home by various teachers, through this education, he got knowledge of several different subjects. His higher education took place in England. Above all, Rabindranath Tagore began writing poems from a very young age.
Rabindranath Tagore began to write drama from sixteen years of age. At the age of twenty, Rabindranath Tagore wrote original dramatic piece Valmiki Pratibha. Most noteworthy, Rabindranath Tagore works focused on feelings and not on action. In 1890 he wrote another drama work Visarjan. Visarjan is considered as one of the best drama work of Rabindranath Tagore.
Similarly, from the age of sixteen Rabindranath Tagore began to write short stories. His first short story was Bhikarini. Rabindranath Tagore was certainly in touch with novels as well. He wrote eight notable novels. Furthermore, he wrote four novellas.
The best collection of poetry of Rabindranath Tagore is Gitanjali. Most noteworthy, Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in 1913 for Gitanjali. his other important poetry works are Manasi, Sonar Tori, and Balaka and many more.
Rabindranath Tagore was active in politics. He was in total support of Indian nationalists. Furthermore, he was in opposition to British rule. His work Manast contains his political views. He also wrote a number of patriotic songs. Rabindranath Tagore increased the motivation for Indian independence. He wrote some works for patriotism. There was great love among the masses for such works. Even Mahatma Gandhi showed his favor for these works.
Most noteworthy, Rabindranath Tagore did renunciation of his knighthood. Furthermore, he took this step to protest the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.

By: Saksham Gupta