Balmiki Pratibha takes the final bow with its 100th act
On Sunday, 17 November, Rabindra Sadan witnessed the 100th and final staging of Balmiki Pratibha, Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless tale of redemption.
On Sunday, 17 November, Rabindra Sadan witnessed the 100th and final staging of Balmiki Pratibha, Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless tale of redemption.
Former Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) mayor and now BJP leader, Jitendra Tiwari has said that if the host Kapil Sharma does not issue an unconditional apology for showing disrespect to Kavi Guru Rabindranath Tagore then he will move court.
In an address at the State Department's Diwali reception, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasised the significance of the festival and reflected on the tradition's decade-long history at the State Department, which began under Secretary John Kerry.
The tale Nashtanirh or The Broken Nest by Rabindranath Tagore, vividly portrays the life of a lonesome, empathetic and discontented woman of the nineteenth century, confined within the opulent yet isolating grandeur of a sprawling mansion.
On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s 83rd death anniversary on 7 August this year, the Rabindra Galleries of the Academy of Fine Arts were reopened after an interlude of nine and a half years.
Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, paid floral tributes to Gurudev Tagore at Rabindra Bhavan in the Visva Bharati University campus.
“We have submitted proposals to the Department of Archaeology for repairing the dilapidated building of historic Kacharibari and a technical team of the department visited the spot. After getting expert's opinion, we will go for repairing it,” said Md Jayed Hossain, custodian of Shahzadpur Rabindra Kacharibari.
PM Modi posted a picture on Twitter in which he was seen paying tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, who became the first Indian to win a noble prize in the field of literature.
The 159th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was celebrated without fanfare this year amid the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, with netizens taking to social media to mark the day with live discussions and cultural performances.
Today, it has become necessary for us to rediscover Rabindranath Tagore's idea of innerstrength and hope. The Covid-19 pandemic is transforming countless lives throughout the world. Because of the pandemic and the resultant lockdown we have become lonelier and susceptible to an uncanny sense of uncertainty. In these bleak times Tagore's writings remind us that no one is alone and that we are a collectivity. His writings can inspire us to believe that through hope and through faith in ourselves we can face and overcome this global calamity.
