Rabindranath Tagore
Satyajit Ray, Tagore and the timeless Charulata
A generation or two has passed since its release. Here’s why we, as the current generation, ought to go back to this classic.
13 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Ode to the book, my forever Valentine
In a particularly American but artsy, cinematic production depicting the friendship between David Lipsky and David Foster Wallace,
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
The Shelf: New in nonfiction this month
Amitav Ghosh traces back to the lineage of nutmegs originating in the Banda Islands to argue how colonisation deeply influences the geopolitics even in the contemporary world, a violent phenomenon that has led to natural disasters linked to climate change.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Nazrul, Rabindranath, and Their Admiration for Each Other
Today is the 45th death anniversary of the younger of the two icons.
27 August 2021, 08:14 AM
The tragic tale of Kadambari Devi and Rabindranath
Kadambari came into my life only a few years back on a dull wintry afternoon of 2015. I was looking for a good Bengali movie and there they were, Konkona Sen Sharma and Parambrata Chatterjee, on the shelves of the video store, guised as Kadambari and Tagore.
10 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Rabirashmi hosts 'Boshonter Madhuri Utshabe'
Rabirashmi, an organisation dedicated to working with Rabindranath Tagore's lyrical works for over two decades, hosted Boshonter Madhuri Utshabe on Monday at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum.
2 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Tagore’s Gitanjali published in Belarusian language
Famous Belarusian publisher Dmitry Kolas presented another book of translations, the collection of poems by 1913 Nobel Prize winner for Literature Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, in Belarusian language.
18 November 2018, 06:12 AM
Chhayanaut named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony
Bangladesh’s leading cultural outfit Chhayanaut is named as one of the three winners of Indian government’s prestigious Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony.
25 October 2018, 14:32 PM
Reflections on Tagore with Anima Roy
Anima Roy has garnered a reputation for being a stellar contemporary Tagore exponent in recent years.
7 May 2018, 18:00 PM
The Kabi Guru Lives on
“The ultimate truth of our personality is that we are no mere biologists or geometricians; we are the dreamers of dreams, we are the music-makers.”
7 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Rabindranath’s 76th death anniversary being observed
The 76th death anniversary of the Bard of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore is observed.
6 August 2017, 06:26 AM
The genius of brevity
Poet, lyricist, bard, novelist, essayist, dramatist … there was no territory of literature that Rabindranath Tagore did not leave his
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM
‘Tagore will stay in Indian school textbooks’
The Indian government has made it clear that there is no plan to remove Rabindranath Tagore from school text books.
26 July 2017, 05:35 AM
Keeping Tagore's legacy alive
Marking the 156th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, exponents of his works spend the latter half of Baishakh celebrating his legacy.
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Tagore poem to be brought to celluloid
Rabindranath Tagore's poem “Hothat Dekha” will soon be turned into a film under an India-Bangladesh joint production, with a cast drawn from the two countries.
15 September 2016, 18:00 PM
“Knockings at My Heart” set for release
A collection of unpublished short poems written by Rabindranath Tagore while giving autographs is being published for the first time in a book form.
14 June 2016, 18:00 PM
THE APPEAL OF TAGORE PAINTINGS
Rabindranath Tagore started painting in 1924 at the age of 63. However, an element of such efforts could be noticed in various corrections and doodles in his manuscripts...
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Homage to the great bard
Marking 155th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore, Bangladesh National Museum (BNM) organised an exhibition featuring reproduction of Tagore paintings, his letters, books and many other memorable things at Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM
TV Industry celebrates Rabindra Jayanti
The poet whose works are woven into the very fabric of life in Bengal, and whose literary outputs light up an integral part of the Bengali culture, Rabindranath Tagore's 155th birthday has recently passed.
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Shilaidaha Kuthibari - A haven for Tagore
Shilaidaha Kuthibari at Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia is one of the must see stops in the itinerary of Tagore enthusiasts.
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM