Rabindranath Tagore A Biography

Name: Rabindranath Tagore A Biography
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ISBN: 9780195669800

ISBN-10: 0195669800

ISBN-13: 9780195669800

Edition: 2004

Authors: Uma Das Gupta

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Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is known to us today primarily as a poet and litterateur. Not many people, though, are aware of the vital significance of his efforts in the field of education and rural reconstruction. He loved the people of his country and strove for the rights of the rural poor to dignity and social justice. A pioneer in the field of education, he gave the last forty years of his life towards creating Visva-Bharati, an institution in rural Bengal, envisioned at the time as an Indian alternative to colonial education. This brief biography draws on the history of Visva-Bharati to sketch the relatively lesser known aspects of Rabindranath's life,…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 116
Size: 5.83" wide x 8.78" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Uma Das Gupta is former Professor, Social Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.