Rabindranath Tagore: Essay on Rabindranath Tagore

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Rabindranath Tagore, popularly known and called as Gurudev, was born in Kolkata on
May 8, 1861
in an illusiritious family of thinkers, reformers, social and cultural leaders and
intellectuals.
His father was Maharishi Devendranath and mother Sharda Devi.
It was a time of gloom and cheerlessness when Indias soul almost lay prostrate at
the feet of the
foreign rulers. The first war of Indian independence fought in 1857 was crushed
and there
prevailed an uneasy peace and silence of the graveyard. Politically, India was
deep in
slavery and culturally in wilderness. People were foolishly aping the ways of the
West
and there was hardly any ray of hope of lights.
Tagore was a great humanist, painter, patriot, poet, playwright, novelist, story-
teller,
philosopher, and educationist. As a cultural ambassador of India he gave voice to
the
country and became an instrument in spreading the knowledge of Indian culture
around
the world. Tagore, as a child, did not like to go to school and so was taught at
home.
He began to write from his early age.
Tagore began to write poems, songs and stories about different aspects
of the Indian culture and society. He was very talented, energetic
and wise and whatever he touched was exceptionally enriched.
His genius like the rising Sun began to create wonders.