The travel guides of Birla High School Junior Section is presenting the Bard Of Bengal to the world.

1. Rabindranath Tagore- the Poet Laureate of India

2. Tagore Family

3. Tagore received his education at home. He was taught in Bengali, with English lessons in the afternoon. He read the Bengali poets since his early age and himself began writing poetry himself by the age of eight. EARLY YEARS

5. His father wanted him to become a barrister and he was sent to England for this reason. In 1879, he enrolled at University College, at London, but was called back by his father to return to India in 1880. At age sixteen, he published his first substantial poetry under the pseudonym Bhanushingho ("Sun Lion") and wrote his first short stories and dramas With Einstein who he met through a common friend, Dr. Mendel W.B.Yeats W.B. Yeats wrote the introduction to Gitanjali which was internationally recognised as a great literary work

8. the connecting thread between India and the world and the study of humanity beyond the limits of nation and geography SHANTINIKETAN As one of the earliest educators to think in terms of the global village, Rabindranath Tagore felt that a curriculum should revolve organically around nature with classes held in the open air under the trees to provide for a spontaneous appreciation of the fluidity of the plant and animal kingdoms, and seasonal changes resurrected his people by the introduction of schools

9. As author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", and as the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature , Tagore was perhaps the most widely regarded Indian literary figure of all time. In 1915 he was knighted by the British King George V. Tagore was perhaps the only litterateur who penned anthems of two countries: India and Bangladesh: Jana Gana Mana and Amar Shonar Bangla . The Indian national anthem has been recognised as the best in the world

10. On 14 July 1927, Tagore and two companions began a four-month tour of Southeast Asia, visiting Bali , Java , Kuala Lumpur , Malacca , Penang , Siam , and Singapore . Tagore's travelogues from the tour were collected into the work “Jatri ’’ Such extensive travels allowed Tagore to interact with many notable contemporaries, including Henri Bergson , Albert Einstein , Robert Frost , Thomas Mann , George Bernard Shaw , H.G. Wells and Romain Rolland . TAGORE – HOME & THE WORLD

12. Tagore wrote eight novels Chaturanga, Shesher Kobita , Char Odhay, Noukadubi. Ghare Baire Jogajog chokher bali gora Though his novels remain among the least-appreciated of his works, they have been given renewed attention via film adaptations by Satyajit Ray and others: Chokher Bali and Ghare Baire are exemplary. Their soundtracks often feature rabindrasŋgit .

13. Tagore wrote songs lionizing the Indian independence movement and renounced his knighthood in protest against the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre He wanted his country to be a place Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, He believed that India must earn her freedom He actively supported Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi and the other founding leaders of modern India were deeply influenced by Rabindranath.

15. Rabindranath Tagore died on August 7, 1941 in the same house in which he was born at Thakurbari in Jorasanko Convincingly, he was the Prophet of Peace

16. Friends Hope you liked our presentation of Our Bard Of Bengal We are waiting to know more about your Bard of Avon. We are also going to send a skit and recitation of Tagore performed by us. The model of Shantiniketan is almost ready.