" In the sovereignty of reason, reasoning, without fear and in freedom, is where we can find its most enduring voice"
( Amartya Sen, economist and philosopher Bengali)
Today we celebrate the 150 anniversary of the birth mystic poet and humanist Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. In his honor, the UNESCO has declared 2011 the Year of Tagore for remember the legacy of a poet who embraced India in all its mysticism and all its traditions without rejecting Western progress.
"Let me think that, among those stars, there is one that guides my life through the darkness"
Born the May 7, 1861 within a wealthy family and educated in Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore was the youngest of fourteen siblings.
" is the teacher rather than the pupil who has to avoid behaving improperly "
In "My memories " tells us about his introduction to music and poetry, the mysteries of nature and the environment in which it grew. In 1878 he was sent to Britain, where he studied literature and music.
"Poetry is an echo of the melody in the heart of the Universe of humans "
Tagore was the author of short stories, short stories, essays, travel books, plays and poems especially, for which he is best known, and often set to music . He wrote in Bengali, translating it into English himself.
"Letters of a Traveller," "The songs of twilight," "Fair queen bride," "Songs of the Dawn", "The Book of Birthday "...
" Falsehood can never acquire purchasing power truth"
favor of the independence of its people without underestimating the English culture, Tagore loved Shakespeare, Romantic poets and English liberalism.
" I no longer struggle between Hindus, Muslims and Christians. Today, the whole caste of India is my caste and food for all my food is "
The essays written by Tagore are governed by the idea of \u200b\u200bunity in diversity, trying to encourage this diversity in their own world Bengali, where cultures converge Hindu, Muslim and British.
"Kacha and Devayani," "The Postman of the King", "Cycle of Spring", "Gora", "The house and the world "...
In 1901 he founded a school in Santiniketan (Home of Peace), in which structured educational system that defended the intellectual freedom the human being.
" If you close your door to mistakes, the truth will be out also "
From 1912 he received numerous invitations to deliver conferences in Europe, USA and some Asian countries, work that helped him increase his prestige.
" I put my faith in any institution, but men who think clearly, feel nobly and act rightly, wherever they are , because these men are as channels through which circulates and transmits the moral truth that we all need "
also was devoted almost entirely to the administration of their school, which in late 1921 he became an international university with the name of Visva Bharati, and was declared a state university in 1951.
"Convert a tree in the wood and will burn for you, but it will not produce flowers or fruit"
In all his travels, emphasized his message of peace, stressing the importance of intellectual cooperation among nations.
"We must remember that no nation can be proud to live isolated and mired in their own culture"
renovated Tagore prose poetry and Bengali. Was a pacifist and sought the simplicity and restraint and tried to promote dignity in human relationships.
"The pain in my heart is silent on peace, like the evening among the trees silent "
Tagore Many views on nationalism, education and dialogue between cultures still have intellectual validity, and some of his ideas have attracted and influenced contemporary thinkers in both India and other countries.
"Man barricades against himself"
" best never comes alone there in the company of all "
By extending its vision of civilization beyond mere particularism, provided a supreme value to the idea an integral world. A comprehensive world was like a family where its members, the various nations, contribute, each with its part, the welfare of all.
" higher is our humility, the closer we greatness "
"New Moon", "The Gardener," "The Fugitive", "Sadhana", "The religion of man" ...
Tagore spent the last years of his life in his beloved Santiniketan. He had several small houses to choose from, all built for him, because he never liked to stay in the same house or even in the same room for a long time, symbolic approach that would characterize his entire life .
"True friendship is like phosphorescence shines best when all is dark"
He also composed numerous songs that are currently part Indian popular culture, and being an old man developed his facet as a painter.
"left no trace of wings in the air, but I'm glad to have flown"
Despite health problems, during these years wrote several of his major works, original and strong, while writing textbooks and nursery rhymes. 7DE died August 1941 in Santiniketan (West Bengal).
"When my voice street with death, my heart will continue to speak"
(Rabindranath Tagore)
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