On Rabindranath Tagore’s 165th birthday, a journey into thoughts and wisdom the greatman of many parts
He was a versatile personality as 'a polymath, poet, musician, artist and ayurveda-researcher' all rolled into one. It was in 1913 that he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetic work Gitanjali is viewed as spiritual, magical and mercurial poetry.
Tagore's extraordinary work comprises of a large array of paintings, sketches, doodles, texts and songs. He subscribed for naturalistic philosophy of education and founded Visva-Bharati University to carry on his legacy. He also started an experimental school at Shantiniketan for imparting education to children on Upanishadic ideals in natural surroundings.
Tagore visited many countries and proved to be true ambassador of globalization with his creed for ‘Vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ (the whole world is one family) without discrimination and is most relevant in present times too told Professor MM Goel, former VC based at Kurukshera who is also propounder of needonomics
According to Prof. Goel, the present generation holds out through the writings and verses and, of course, through those images and tales of Tagore’s charisma for all times to come with great fondness. Let the modern youth understand, analyze, interpret and imbibe the thoughts of Tagore to draw implications for the coming generations, he believes.
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