On the 18th century, There comes a Bengali trade-person who had an iron mind, and his bravery was just mind-blowing. His name was Dwarakanath Tagore. He started his various businesses, with a business of ships. To give honour to his bravery, the British government gave him the "Prince" Title. He was one of the first industrialist and entrepreneur among the Indians. He had traveled to Europe twice, which was a very big achievement with respect to the contemporary social system. He founded a big house in Jorashanko, Which was famous in the name of Jorashanko Thakurbari.
Raja Rammohan Ray founded the Bramho Somaj, which was later flourished
by Debendranath Tagore, son of Dwarakanath. Debendranath was a deeply
religious man. His movement, the Bramho Somaj, was formed in 1843 by
merging his Tattwabodhini Sabha with the Brahmo Sabha, ten years after
the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. He created another path of religion,
named as Bramho religion. Debendranath was completely opposite of his
father. He did not follow the path of divinity, rather than he prevailed
the path of one god. Instead of Beda(Hindu scripture), He preferred to
read Upanishad. In one word, He was a complete revolutionist.
In the year of 1861, 7th May, Debendranath's wife Sarada Devi gave
birth to his youngest child. They together had total fifteen children.
This children was born at midnight. Debendranath saw the face of his new
born child, at the time of sunrise. That's why, he gave the name of his
new born child As Rabi(A bengali word, which means sun). His full name
becomes Rabindranath Tagore.
In this article, we will not discuss so much about Rabindranath Tagore, or the Tagore family, rather than we will discuss about the creations of Rabindranath and whether they have any relevance in todays world.
Rabindranath was a versatile creator. We can find novels, short stories, poems, songs, drama, theoritical pieces, Critic discussions, Art and many more in the list of his creations. We will cover some of his main works, and after that we will find their relevance.
NOVELS :
Rabindranath wrote a big number of outstanding novels. Some of them are Noukadubi (1906), Gora (1910), Chokher Bali (1903), Chaturanga (1916), Ghare Baire (1916), Shesher Kobita (1929), Jogajog (1929) and Char Adhyay (1934), Jibon Smriti (1959). Though these are outstanding as a piece of art, but unfortunately, these are the the least-acknowledged.
All of the novels have different types of incidents, that makes them unique. Noukadubi is a novel, surrounding about the family problems and tragedy revolving around three main characters Ramesh, Hemnalini and Kamala. Shesher Kobita is a novel, all about love and with tragedy, revolving around two main characters Amit and Labonyo. Jibon Smriti is an autobiography, by Tagore himself. Chokher Bali tells us about a story of love triangle, with a very sharp twist of tale. Ghare Baire, examines rising nationalistic feeling among Indians while warning of its dangers, clearly displaying Tagore's distrust of nationalism — especially when associated with a religious element. In some sense, Gora shares the same theme, raising questions regarding the Indian identity. As with Ghare Baire, matters of self-identity, personal freedom, and religious belief are developed in the context of an involving family story and a love triangle.
POEMS :
In 1971, Amar Shonar Bangla became the national anthem of Bangladesh. It was written — ironically — to protest the 1905 Partition of Bengal
along communal lines: cutting off the Muslim-majority East Bengal from
Hindu-dominated West Bengal was to avert a regional bloodbath. Tagore
saw the partition as a cunning plan to stop the independence movement, and he aimed to rekindle Bengali unity and communalism. Jana Gana Mana was written in a refined sanskritised register of Bengali, and is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn Bharot Bhagyo Bidhata that Tagore composed. It was first sung in 1911 at a Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress
and was adopted in 1950 by the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of
India as its national anthem. Tagore is the only person ever to
have written the national anthems of two nations.
His other works fuse lyrical flow and emotional rhythm into a tight
focus on a core idea, a break from prior Bengali drama. Tagore sought
"the play of feeling and not of action". In 1890 he released what is
regarded as his finest drama: Visarjan. It is an adaptation of Rajarshi, an earlier novella of his. The Bengali originals feature intricate subplots and prolonged
monologues that give play to historical events in seventeenth-century
Udaipur. The devout Maharaja of Tripura is pitted against the wicked
head priest Raghupati. His latter dramas were more philosophical and
allegorical in nature; these included Dak Ghar. Another is Tagore's Chandalika,
which was modelled on an ancient Buddhist legend describing how Ananda,
the Gautama Buddha's disciple, asks a tribal girl for water. In Raktakarabi, a kleptocrat king rules over the residents of Yaksha puri.
He and his retainers exploit his subjects—who are benumbed by alcohol
and numbered like inventory—by forcing them to mine gold for him. The
naive maiden-heroine Nandini rallies her subject-compatriots to defeat
the greed of the realm's sardar class—with the morally roused king's belated help.
The dramas like Tasher Desh, Chitrangada, Shyama, Raktakarabi, Chandalika are known as Nrityo-Natyo (Dance-drama), since they are delivered with a classical or artistic & expressionist dance form.
SHORT-STORIES & ART :
We can find a enormous collection of Tagore's short stories. Tagore's Galpaguchchha remains among the most popular fictional works in Bengali literature. Its continuing influence on Bengali art and culture cannot be overstated; to this day, it remains a point of cultural reference, and has furnished subject matter for numerous successful films and theatrical plays, and its characters are among the most well known to Bengalis.Galpaguchchha is consisted with 84 short stories itself. Many of these were published in Sabuj-potro, a magazine of Tagore. Some other short stories are Kabuliwala Charulata, Nastanirh, Samapti, Postmaster, Monihara, Atithi, Strir Patra, Haimanti, Musalmanir Golpo, Jibito o Mrito and many more.
At age sixty, Tagore took up drawing and painting; successful
exhibitions of his many works — which made a debut appearance in Paris
upon encouragement by artists he met in the south of France, were held
throughout Europe. Tagore — who likely exhibited partial lack of
red-green colour discernment — painted in a style characterised by
peculiarities
in aesthetic and colouring style. Tagore also had an artist's eye for
his own handwriting, embellishing the cross-outs and word layouts in his
manuscripts with simple artistic leitmotifs. Rabindra Chitravali, a 2011 four-volume book set edited by noted art historian R. Siva Kumar,
for the first time makes the paintings of Tagore accessible to art
historians and scholars of Rabindranth with critical annotations and
comments It also brings together a selection of Rabindranath's own
statements and documents relating to the presentation and reception of
his paintings during his lifetime.
RELEVANCE OF TAGORE'S WORK :
Once again, Rabindranath is neither a writer, nor a lyricist or composer. In one word, he is a creator. He has created his masterpieces with the ingredients of nature, and the society. His writings consists of some other aspects too, like socio-economic structure of the country, class struggle, political appeal, superstitions and fight against it, building of scientific mentality and many more.
Tagore's writings are filled with people. In the starting of Gora, we see that Binoy (main character) is seeing a mad-like people, who is singing a song, "Khanchar Bhitor Ochin Pakhi Kemne Ase Jay". Here actually Rabindranath depicts the Baul's as, he was very fond of the Baul Tottwo (Theory). Rabindranath found this theory from a very early age. Since Thakurbari was enriched with a very rich and groundbreaking heritage, that's why from begining, Rabindranath got a lot of open air in his mind and thinking process.
Though there is a thing to confess. The writings of Rabindranath did not target all of the audience of all types of class, even not in today. Tagore admit it too. Writers like Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay target every person of this society, but it was missing on Tagore's creations. Tagore's main target was the elite class of the society, his language was for the elite class, not for the strugglers.
Now let me come to the artwork section. Tagore's groundbreaking creation was his leitmotifs. Whenever he found some error in his manuscript, he did not just strikethrough it, he did a well utilized art form with that strikethrough. These are just an outstanding art form in present. He founded Biswabharati University, whose teaching process is completely out of genre.
Tagore expressed his political and social view with his novels, short
stories and songs. They are not just well equipped with words, but with a
enriched plot, that is very much relevent in today's socio-economical
condition. So Tagore's works are not just contemporary, not just
relevant for today, it will be inside of people's heart, even after one
thousand years. Let me finish with a quote of Subodh Sarkar, poet- cum-
educationist and the guest editor of Sahitya Academy’s India
Literature. To tell about Randranath Tagore's relevance he said, “Many
are lonely and angry. But, I believe, even someone in that state
of mind can cool down and get inspired to do something if he recites
poetry by Tagore or listens to Rabindra Sangeet. That is the magic of
Tagoreana. According to publishers’ statistics, Tagore works are still
best-sellers.” !!
Reference:
Work of Tagore : Wikipedia
"Rabindranath Tagore and His World of Colours" : K.K. Som
Image: Google
@#বর্ণ
In this article, we will not discuss so much about Rabindranath Tagore, or the Tagore family, rather than we will discuss about the creations of Rabindranath and whether they have any relevance in todays world.
Rabindranath was a versatile creator. We can find novels, short stories, poems, songs, drama, theoritical pieces, Critic discussions, Art and many more in the list of his creations. We will cover some of his main works, and after that we will find their relevance.
NOVELS :
Rabindranath wrote a big number of outstanding novels. Some of them are Noukadubi (1906), Gora (1910), Chokher Bali (1903), Chaturanga (1916), Ghare Baire (1916), Shesher Kobita (1929), Jogajog (1929) and Char Adhyay (1934), Jibon Smriti (1959). Though these are outstanding as a piece of art, but unfortunately, these are the the least-acknowledged.
All of the novels have different types of incidents, that makes them unique. Noukadubi is a novel, surrounding about the family problems and tragedy revolving around three main characters Ramesh, Hemnalini and Kamala. Shesher Kobita is a novel, all about love and with tragedy, revolving around two main characters Amit and Labonyo. Jibon Smriti is an autobiography, by Tagore himself. Chokher Bali tells us about a story of love triangle, with a very sharp twist of tale. Ghare Baire, examines rising nationalistic feeling among Indians while warning of its dangers, clearly displaying Tagore's distrust of nationalism — especially when associated with a religious element. In some sense, Gora shares the same theme, raising questions regarding the Indian identity. As with Ghare Baire, matters of self-identity, personal freedom, and religious belief are developed in the context of an involving family story and a love triangle.
POEMS :
Tagore's
poetic style, which proceeds from a lineage established by
15th- and 16th-century Vaishnava poets, ranges from classical formalism
to the comic, visionary, and ecstatic. He was influenced by the
atavistic mysticism of Vyasa and other saint-authors of the Upanishads,
the Bhakti-Sufi mystic Kabir, and Ramprasad Sen. Tagore's most
innovative and mature poetry embodies his exposure to Bengali rural folk
music, which included mystic Baul ballads such as those of the bard
Lalon Shah Fakir. These, rediscovered and repopularised by Tagore,
resemble 19th-century
Kartābhajā hymns that emphasise inward divinity and rebellion against
bourgeois bhadralok religious and social orthodoxy.
Gitanjali (Song-Offerings) is Tagore's best known collection of poetry. Beside this, some other famous and notable poetry books are Manasi, Sonar Tori, Balaka etc. For Gitanjali, he recieved the Nobel Prize in 1913, the first person to recieve among Indians.
SONGS :
Tagore was a prolific composer, with 2,230 songs to his credit. His songs are known as Rabindrasangeet, which merges fluidly into his literature, most of
which—poems or parts of novels, stories, or plays alike—were lyricised.
Influenced by the style of Hindusthani music,
they ran the entire gamut of human emotion, ranging from his early
dirge-like Brahmo devotional hymns to quasi-erotic compositions.They emulated the tonal colour of classical ragas
to varying extents. Some songs mimicked a given raga's melody and
rhythm faithfully; others newly blended elements of different ragas.
DRAMAS :
Tagore has a vast work in drama genre. At the age of twenty, Tagore wrote his first drama-opera Valmiki Pratibha. Through
it Tagore explores a wide range of dramatic styles and emotions,
including usage of revamped kirtans and adaptation of traditional
English and Irish folk melodies as drinking songs. Another play, written in 1912, Dakghar,
describes the child Amal defying his stuffy and puerile confines by
ultimately "falling asleep", hinting his physical death. A story with
borderless appeal—gleaning rave reviews in Europe—it has dealt with
death as, in Tagore's words, "spiritual freedom" from "the world of
hoarded wealth and certified creeds".
The dramas like Tasher Desh, Chitrangada, Shyama, Raktakarabi, Chandalika are known as Nrityo-Natyo (Dance-drama), since they are delivered with a classical or artistic & expressionist dance form.
SHORT-STORIES & ART :
We can find a enormous collection of Tagore's short stories. Tagore's Galpaguchchha remains among the most popular fictional works in Bengali literature. Its continuing influence on Bengali art and culture cannot be overstated; to this day, it remains a point of cultural reference, and has furnished subject matter for numerous successful films and theatrical plays, and its characters are among the most well known to Bengalis.Galpaguchchha is consisted with 84 short stories itself. Many of these were published in Sabuj-potro, a magazine of Tagore. Some other short stories are Kabuliwala Charulata, Nastanirh, Samapti, Postmaster, Monihara, Atithi, Strir Patra, Haimanti, Musalmanir Golpo, Jibito o Mrito and many more.
At age sixty, Tagore took up drawing and painting; successful
exhibitions of his many works — which made a debut appearance in Paris
upon encouragement by artists he met in the south of France, were held
throughout Europe. Tagore — who likely exhibited partial lack of
red-green colour discernment — painted in a style characterised by
peculiarities
in aesthetic and colouring style. Tagore also had an artist's eye for
his own handwriting, embellishing the cross-outs and word layouts in his
manuscripts with simple artistic leitmotifs. Rabindra Chitravali, a 2011 four-volume book set edited by noted art historian R. Siva Kumar,
for the first time makes the paintings of Tagore accessible to art
historians and scholars of Rabindranth with critical annotations and
comments It also brings together a selection of Rabindranath's own
statements and documents relating to the presentation and reception of
his paintings during his lifetime.RELEVANCE OF TAGORE'S WORK :
Once again, Rabindranath is neither a writer, nor a lyricist or composer. In one word, he is a creator. He has created his masterpieces with the ingredients of nature, and the society. His writings consists of some other aspects too, like socio-economic structure of the country, class struggle, political appeal, superstitions and fight against it, building of scientific mentality and many more.
Tagore's writings are filled with people. In the starting of Gora, we see that Binoy (main character) is seeing a mad-like people, who is singing a song, "Khanchar Bhitor Ochin Pakhi Kemne Ase Jay". Here actually Rabindranath depicts the Baul's as, he was very fond of the Baul Tottwo (Theory). Rabindranath found this theory from a very early age. Since Thakurbari was enriched with a very rich and groundbreaking heritage, that's why from begining, Rabindranath got a lot of open air in his mind and thinking process.
Though there is a thing to confess. The writings of Rabindranath did not target all of the audience of all types of class, even not in today. Tagore admit it too. Writers like Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay target every person of this society, but it was missing on Tagore's creations. Tagore's main target was the elite class of the society, his language was for the elite class, not for the strugglers.
Now let me come to the artwork section. Tagore's groundbreaking creation was his leitmotifs. Whenever he found some error in his manuscript, he did not just strikethrough it, he did a well utilized art form with that strikethrough. These are just an outstanding art form in present. He founded Biswabharati University, whose teaching process is completely out of genre.
Tagore expressed his political and social view with his novels, short
stories and songs. They are not just well equipped with words, but with a
enriched plot, that is very much relevent in today's socio-economical
condition. So Tagore's works are not just contemporary, not just
relevant for today, it will be inside of people's heart, even after one
thousand years. Let me finish with a quote of Subodh Sarkar, poet- cum-
educationist and the guest editor of Sahitya Academy’s India
Literature. To tell about Randranath Tagore's relevance he said, “Many
are lonely and angry. But, I believe, even someone in that state
of mind can cool down and get inspired to do something if he recites
poetry by Tagore or listens to Rabindra Sangeet. That is the magic of
Tagoreana. According to publishers’ statistics, Tagore works are still
best-sellers.” !!Reference:
Work of Tagore : Wikipedia
"Rabindranath Tagore and His World of Colours" : K.K. Som
Image: Google
@#বর্ণ
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