BackRabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: 10 quotes to remember the author on his 162nd birth anniversary
Remembering Rabindranath Tagore on his 162nd birth anniversary.
PremiumRabindranath Tagore was a man of exceptional literary and artistic accomplishments. He played a leading role in Indian cultural renaissance and came to be recognized as one of the architects of modern India along with M.K. Gandhi.
Tagore is renowned for his contribution to the field of Bengali literature and politics. His poems, shorts stories, songs, plays, and novels are still revered and analysed in different fields of art. He was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his contribution to world literature.
The national anthem of India,"Jana Gana Mana" was composed by Tagore. He also penned the national anthem for Bangladesh. Some of his other notable works include Gitanjali, Post Master, Kabuliwallah, Nastanirh.
As per Bengali Calendar, ‘Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti’ is observed on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh , this day is being celebrated today, May 9.
Remembering him on his 163rd birth anniversary through some of his inspirational quotes:
- “The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact."
- “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
- “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."
- “If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."
- “Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."
- “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free."
- “The most important lesson that man can learn from life is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy."
- “A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame."
- “The main object of teaching is not to give explanations, but to knock at the doors of the mind."
- “The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable."
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