Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Laureate Poet, Philosopher, and Progressive Renaissance Man of India, was the first person from Asia to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He is considered the brightest star in the cultural and literary world of the Indian subcontinent and is regarded as the most creative genius of modern India who helped shape the mind of millions through his writings and his works in the field of education, art and music., His multifaceted talent was expressed in different branches of art and literature-his creations spanning over 3500 songs, poems, novels, short stories, dramas, articles, essays and paintings. Tagore's compositions reflect the ethos and experiences of every human soul and celebrate the joy of living and love towards every human being., Tagore was a social reformer, patriot and above all, a great humanitarian famous for his message of universalism and world peace during the World Wars. Tagore visualized a harmonious world with peaceful co-existence of man and nature. He created the Viswa Bharati University in Shantiniketan, India to champion the one world philosophy., Tagore's message of universal culture and borderless mind is particularly relevant in today's world., 2nd Plaque , Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high , Where knowledge is free , Where the world has not been broken up into fragments , by narrow domestic walls , Where words come out from the depth of truth , Where tireless striving stretches its arms , towards perfection , Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way , into the dreary desert sand of dead habit , Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening , thought and action , Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, , Let my country awake. , Rabindranath Tagore