Rabindranath Tagore
The Nirvana Performing Arts Circle, a Port Elizabeth arts and culture organization, will be paying tribute to one of India’s intellectual giants of all time, Rabindranath Tagore, born in Bengal, India on 7 May 1861 and who passed away on 7 August 1941. He was an electic and prolific writer, and produced poetry, plays, musicals, novels, short stories, songs as well as works of art. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, a singular honour at the time for a non-westerner.
In memory of Tagore and to mark his 150th birth anniversary this year, Nirvana will be hosting a program titled “Tagore the Legacy” on Sunday 14 August at the Association for Creative Thought (ACT) Centre in Target Kloof where various tributes will be paid to Tagore in the form of his poems and stories being recited as well as some of his songs sung.
Tagore had a very close association with Gandhi and was responsible for initiating the name of Mahatma ( meaning Great Soul) on Gandhi. He was also knighted in 1915 by the ruling British government but within a few years he resigned this honour as a protest against British policies in India.
Various commemorations are being held globally to mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary and a symposium was also held recently in his honour at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
The public is invited to attend Sunday’s function at ACT which is free of charge and the program will commence at 3:00 pm sharp followed by refreshments.
Further information from Mahesh Narotam – 082 556 9847
Read more about Rabindranath Tagore on Wikipedia where Tagore is described as a Bengali Polymath. He shares this kudo with one of the world’s better known polymath’s (a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas), Leonardo da Vinci.
Some quotes from Rabindranath Tagore:
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Those who own much have much to fear.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Some Twittering about Rabindranath Tagore:
T 457 -The melody of Rabindranath Tagore, his genius, his poetry..the strains of ‘jaya hey’ our national anthem, an emotional book release !
8 August 2011 9:01 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
RT @RKNIGHT “Love Does Not Claim Possession, But Gives Freedom.”~Rabindranath Tagore~ #quoteabout 16 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. – Rabindranath Tagore: http://t.co/B79xd58about 18 hours ago via Tweet ButtonReplyRetweetFavorite
It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple #Great Quotes http://bit.ly/kSB8euabout 19 hours ago via TheQuotesReplyRetweetFavorite
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.Rabindranath Tagoreabout 21 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite
Truth comes as conqueror only to those who have lost the art of receiving it as friend. Rabindranath Tagoreabout 18 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite
