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This is Tagore's own translation of his Bengali drama Natir Puja. It is one of his simplest and most moving plays. The drama is based on a Buddhist legend. According to Krishna Kripalani, in the character of Srimati, the nati (the palace dancer) is 'symbolised the great historical drama of the challenge of Buddhism to orthodox Hindu society.' ... Read more

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This text analyzes the development of Tagore's heroines within the framework of the Bildungsroman, and also explores the ways in which the "female Bildung" can be facilitated within a Hindu ideology. It examines gender development in Tagore in terms of its privatized cultural context. ... Read more

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Reprint of a classic study, a basic biography, illustrated. excellent production ... Read more

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The Oxford India Tagore focuses on Rabindranath Tagore's views on nationalism and his work on education through his essays, letters, lectures, addresses, and poetry edited by Uma Das Gupta. Tagore's writings are given as substantial excerpts or as full texts in order to enable the reader to follow his argument closely and seriously.
Divided into five sections - 'Autobiographical', 'Founding a New Education', 'The Problem of India', 'East and West in the Scientific Age', and 'A Self-Respecting Nationalism as Our Salvation' - the volume takes readers closer to Tagore's life and thought, and shows how persistently he sought a solution to the problems of his times in a new and creative education and in national self-reliance, rather than in the political road to the Western model of a territorial nation-state. The book makes it clear that in many ways Tagore's educational work and his own nationalism were rooted in an original vision of India's history which amounted to a deviation from both the colonialist historiography and the nationalist ideology of those times. The book will be a valuable addition to the 'Oxford India' series which include the writings of Ghalib, Premchand, Ramanujan, Nehru, and Gandhi. This edition will appeal to all those who adore Tagore, as also students and researchers of Indian history, culture, and literature. ... Read more

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Edward Thompson, an English poet and Wesleyan missionary--and, later, father of the eminent historian E. P. Thompson--first met Rabindranath Tagore on the day the poet learned he had won the Nobel Prize in 1913. He became closely involved with him and his circle during the preparation of Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Dramatist (OUP 1992), the first major English-language study of his writings. This volume of letters, ranging from 1913 until 1940, the year before Tagore's death, sheds new light on this remarkable and stormy friendship, and offers fresh insights into Anglo-Indian relations in the first quarter of the last century. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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THE PRESENT EDITION
This is one of the more exquisite texts of Nobel winner Tagore. The reader shoud be aware, though, that this one is an abridged edition where some of the allegedly more beautiful chapters are missing.

very special book
My mom read some of these poems to me as a child. When she was dying, I read them to her. She smiled when almost nothing made her smile. And then later in the process, they calmed her when nearly nothing else could calm her. These poems seem almost sacred to me.

Should be required reading for every loving parent.
I have read several of Tagore's works but nothing has ever touched me as deeply as the lines in these poems about children and their loves.The one on the death of a child is my favorite.I lost my own child with leukemia several years ago and thought the tears had all dried up but these touching words of this great poetic master found some still tender areas.If these poems are so very beautiful in their English translations, I can only guess what they must sound like in the original rhythmic and lyrical Bengali language.Thank you for allowing me to review and recommend this book ... Read more

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Introduction 4
Childhood and Early Age 6
Life at Shantiniketan 9
Towards the Final Years 12
Travels to Various Countries 14
Works of Rabindranath Tagore 18
Novels Written by Rabindranath Tagore 19
Non-fiction Writings 21
Tagore-Music and Art 22
Tagore and Theatre 26
Tagore as a Short Story Writer 28
Tagore’s Poetry 32
Tagore’s Political views 35
Impact 38
Tagore Quotes 42
Nobel Prize for literature 1913 45
GITANJALI 45
Song Offerings 45
INTRODUCTION 45
The End 127


Print ISBN: 978-0-557-57871-9 ... Read more

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A magnificent tribute to India's Nobel Laureate inLiterature this elegant volume combines superb translations by WilliamRadice and photographs by John Berridge which capture the essence ofthe land and the people of Bengal around whom Tagore wove his literarymagic. the book combines words and images in a manner reminiscent ofthe one greatest poets of the twentieth century. Dr. William Radiceteaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies University ofLondon; Dr. John Berridge teaches at St. Francis Xavier UniversityNova Scotia ... Read more

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Thought provoking.
This book was my first introduction to Tagore's works.The photographycaught my attention enough to purchase the book.The poetry has touched meso much that I continue to read it over and over again. ... Read more

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In this collection of short stories we get a glimpse of some of the women in Rabindranath Tagore's writing.Through these stories we also come to know the social conditions in which women were placed, almost always the victims, and more interestingly, responding differently yet with the same dignity, how each handled the pressures associated with it. ... Read more

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To realize that death is an illusion, you either have to be very sophisticated or very simple. Tagore was both. I am awed by his use of language, pure crystals of wise innocence. Every word is personal, every word is universal. Those who met Tagore during his eighty years described him as one of the greatest souls of our age; Einstein considered him a sage. From what we learn in these poems, he certainly lived his own words. He kissed the infinite, he was not afraid to lose everything. And in this book, he allows us to approach death not with dusty words but with a silence that washes the soul.
--From the Introduction by Deepak Chopra

In this hauntingly beautiful volume, Deepak Chopra presents new English versions of poems by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, a lifelong source of inspiration for Chopra and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

When Tagore writes, "Death, my death / Whisper to me! / For you alone have I kept watch day after day," romantic ecstasy surges through every word. For Tagore the soul was more real than any object, and he sang of death as a joyful voyage home to the eternity from which we sprang. In these poems we experience a dramatic alternative to the fearful Western view of death. Through the magic of Tagore's lyricism we begin to understand that by becoming familiar with death, and watching it grow closer, we can come to live fully in the present moment. As Tagore tells us so eloquently, "If you weep because the sun has gone out / Your tears may blind you to the stars." ... Read more

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Okay
I love the poetry of Rumi, Han Shan, Kabir, Walt Whitman, and Ryokan, and although Tagore writes on similar themes, I have yet to find a translation of his poetry that I like.

In this book Tagore's poems appear clunky and disjoint, and I suspect it's a translation problem.

I enjoy Deepak Chopra and have great respect for him, but this book is less than I hoped for.

Good but don't give up Tagore's Gitanjali
Most of the poems in this book were translated by Tagore himself with the help of Yeats.On the Shores of Eternity complements rather than replaces Gitanjali.Especially interesting are the fragments from Tagore'snotebooks which are not in Gitanjali.E.g. "Words cling to the deadlike dust / Silence washes their souls."Tagore's poetry still showshim to be a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature.

On theother hand, I was not impressed by the introduction by Chopra ... whetherit is helpful to you will depend upon your background in mysticism andliterature.He makes too much of Tagore's friendly relationship with death- St. Francis wrote of "our Sister Bodily Death".Tagore'smysticism is in the long tradition of the collective world - east or west -his uniqueness is the superb poetry in which he shares his experience; thisis not the emphasis of the introduction.But who cares - the poems arewell worth pausing over.

comforting
This book begins with a narrative written by Dr. Chopra.His words were humble as he noted that he dared to tamper with the wisdom of Tagore.When I passed through his words and started reading the poetry of Tagore, I was mesmerized.The poetry is not really about death, but the immortality oflife which begins each day when the eyes are opened and ends each day withthe onset of sleep.It is a book which addresses how we, as humans, canlook at what is going on around us and then decide what choice(s)to make. What is so incredible is that, each day, we are given the chance to makenew choices for the same old problems. (Just like in the movie GroundHogDay starring Bill Murrey.)The trick is to selectively forget howyesterday's choices were unsuccessful and painful as we accept, within ourbones, not our minds, our new choices.Conversely there are those of uswho refuse to allow the beauty of a successful choice to preceed us as webroadcast our success(es) in bright primary colors.In our glee, we stampout the memory of that natural process which allowed us to step into theuniverse and be filled with the knowledge which is aready there; knowledgewhich is just patiently waiting to be used.

Lost in the Translation
I was very disappointed in this translation. Bringing the language intomodern form distorted the meanings and lost the beauty and simplicity ofthe original. I recommend Gitanjali if you want to experience real Tagore. ... Read more

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This collection is not only the last testament of Tagore but is significant in many other ways.Most of the untitled poems in this book were literally written on his death bed.Word-wizardy was always one of Tagore's strongest appeals.But in Sesh Lekha it touches a point of mystifingly subtle communocation.The language is bare, the imagery striking and the expression spartan. ... Read more

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While a young boy rests on doctor's orders, he watches the people pass outside his window and greets all of them, and as he does, he teaches them and the reader some of life's simple truths. ... Read more

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After Death, There's Life
This play by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is one of those pieces of literature that truly deserves to be remembered and admired as it was in London in 1914, when William Butler Yeats remarked that this little play "...is very perfectly constructe and conveys to the right audience an emotion of gentleness and peace."To Western eyes, at first glance, a play about a dying child may see morbid.The reader and theatregoer quickly realize, however, that Amal, the moribund boy, simply wants to experience the world through they eyes of a common dairyman and receive a letter from the king.He appreciates the small things in life and wants to live his life to the fullest, without pity or decadence.The thought of death barely enters his mind.

It is, then, without coincidence, that the play was aired over the radio during Europe's darkest hours under Nazi occupation in World War II.The most poignant performance of the play was in July 1942, in the Warsaw Ghetto, when the Polish doctor, educator, writer, and children's rights activist Janusz Korczak had the children in his orphanage stage this play.As with the central character, Amal, the children were better able to accept death as part of life, preparing for certain death that awaited them.Said Korczak, "The play is more than a text - it is a mood, it conveys more than emotions - it is an experience, and the actors are more than actors -they are children."

In accepting death one can affirm life.

After Death, There's Life
This play by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is one of those pieces of literature that truly deserves to be remembered and admired as it was in London in 1914, when William Butler Yeats remarked that this little play "...is very perfectly constructe and conveys to the right audience an emotion of gentleness and peace."To Western eyes, at first glance, a play about a dying child may see morbid.The reader and theatregoer quickly realize, however, that Amal, the moribund boy, simply wants to experience the world through they eyes of a common dairyman and receive a letter from the king.He appreciates the small things in life and wants to live his life to the fullest, without pity or decadence.The thought of death barely enters his mind.It is, then, without coincidence, that the play was aired over the radio during Europe's darkest hours under Nazi occupation in World War II.The most poignant performance of the play was in July 1942, in the Warsaw Ghetto, when the Polish doctor, educator, writer, and children's rights activist Janusz Korczak had the children in his orphanage stage this play.As with the central character, Amal, the children were better able to accept death as part of life, preparing for certain death that awaited them.For in accepting death one can affirm life.

After Death, There's Life
This play by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is one of those pieces of literature that truly deserves to be remembered and admired as it was in London in 1914, when William Butler Yeats remarked that this little play "...is very perfectly constructe and conveys to the right audience an emotion of gentleness and peace."To Western eyes, at first glance, a play about a dying child may see morbid.The reader and theatregoer quickly realize, however, that Amal, the moribund boy, simply wants to experience the world through they eyes of a common dairyman and receive a letter from the king.He appreciates the small things in life and wants to live his life to the fullest, without pity or decadence.The thought of death barely enters his mind.It is, then, without coincidence, that the play was aired over the radio during Europe's darkest hours under Nazi occupation in World War II.The most poignant performance of the play was in July 1942, in the Warsaw Ghetto, when the Polish doctor, educator, writer, and children's rights activist Janusz Korczak had the children in his orphanage stage this play.As with the central character, Amal, the children were better able to accept death as part of life, preparing for certain death that awaited them.For in accepting death one can affirm life.

After Death, There's Life
This play by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is one of those pieces of literature that truly deserves to be remembered and admired as it was in London in 1914, when William Butler Yeats remarked that this little play "...is very perfectly constructe and conveys to the right audience an emotion of gentleness and peace."To Western eyes, at first glance, a play about a dying child may see morbid.The reader and theatregoer quickly realize, however, that Amal, the moribund boy, simply wants to experience the world through they eyes of a common dairyman and receive a letter from the king.He appreciates the small things in life and wants to live his life to the fullest, without pity or decadence.The thought of death barely enters his mind.It is, then, without coincidence, that the play was aired over the radio during Europe's darkest hours under Nazi occupation in World War II.The most poignant performance of the play was in July 1942, in the Warsaw Ghetto, when the Polish doctor, educator, writer, and children's rights activist Janusz Korczak had the children in his orphanage stage this play.As with the central character, Amal, the children were better able to accept death as part of life, preparing for certain death that awaited them.For in accepting death one can affirm life.

The Post Office
This short play is greatr. It made me think about my own life and what I may or may not be doing. It made me think about what is real or unreal. It's well worth the half hour it takes to read. ... Read more

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