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On the 7th of August, 1941 .. .
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in the city of Calcutta. .
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a man died.
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His mortal remains perished.
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But he left behind him
a heritage. .
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. . which no fire could consume.
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It is a heritage of verse and
music and poetry. .
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. . of ideas and ideals.
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And it has the power
to move us, to inspire us,
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today and then the days to come.
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We, who owe him so much. .
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. . salute his memory.
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Founded in the year 1690. .
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. . by an English man by named
Job Charnock. .
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Calcutta, 100 years ago,
was an thriving metropolis.
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Queen Victoria was proclaimed
Empress of India in 1877.
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As the capital of India. .
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Calcutta was the seat of the
Queen's Government.
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In the northern part of the
sprawling city. .
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. . in the area known as Jorasanko,
in Chitpur. .
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. . was the family residence
of the Tagores
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The Tagores had an
impressive lineage.
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It dated back to the first group
of learned Brahmins. .
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. . that came from Kannauj. .
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. . and settled in Bengal
in the 8th century.
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One thousand years later. .
Panchanan, a descendent. .
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. . came to the new city of
Calcutta. .
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... and found a lucrative position
with the British shipping company.
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His grandson Nilmony added
to the family fortune. .
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. . and built the house at
Jorasanko.
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The peak was reached
with Lilmony's grandson.
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One of the most brilliant and
colourful figures. .
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. . of the 19th Century.
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Dwarkanath Tagore combined
cultured sophistication. .
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. . with a largeness of heart and
a rare degree of business acumen.
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Gold, Sugar, Indigo, Exports,
Banking, Newspaper. .
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There was no end to his
enterprises.
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And he succeeded in all.
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If his earnings were fabulous. .
so were his spendings.
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Although a Hindu and a Vaishnav. .
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Dwraknath defied the bane of
Brahmin orthodoxy. .
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. . and twice went to England.
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There, he had an audience with
Queen Victoria. .
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. . discussions with Gladstone. .
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. . and dinner with men like
Dickens, Thackeray and Max M�ller.
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Shortly before his death
in England. .
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Dwarkanath had written to his
eldest son in Calcutta. .
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. . reproving him from neglecting
the family's business affairs.
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For some years past. .
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. . young Debendranath had been
developing tendencies. .
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. . which might well have
distressed his father.
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It began in a burning Ghat.
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The last rites were
being administered. .
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. . to Rabindranth's grandmother
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Not far away, on the river bank,
sat Debendranath.
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Like many a rich man's son he had
been leading a wayward life.
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But tonight he was overcome
by a strange feeling.
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Worldly possessions seem to
lose their meaning for him.
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This lead to a period of
profound disquiet.
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Followed by ceaseless quest
for the meaning of existence. .
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. . in the great source books
of the East and West.
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He read the materialist
philosophers of modern Europe. .
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Locke, Hume, Benton and others. .
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. . whose ideas were so much in vogue
among the students of the time.
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Then learnt Sanskrit and
read the Mahabharat.
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But peace of mind would not come,
until one day. .
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he chanced upon a torn page
of a Sanskrit book.
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There was a Shloka in it,
which said. .
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"God is supreme and all pervading. "
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"Enjoy by renunciation,
covet not another's wealth. "
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This was the page of
Eshopanishad. .
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. . edited by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
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Ram Mohan had been a close
friend of Dwarkanath.
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As a boy, Debendranath had a
deep and silent admiration for the man.
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But the greatness of the
Raja's vision. .
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. . and the magnitude and
the nobility of the tasks. .
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he had set before himself, were
beyond the boy's comprehension.
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Ram Mohan lived in times. .
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. . when India's spiritual heritage. .
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. . was being submerged in
ritual and superstition.
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While in the West a whole new
concept of humanity was emerging.
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Ram Mohan advocated Western
education for Indians.
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Because he wanted the new ideas
of the West to spread in the country.
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He also wanted that we should
respect what was old and true. .
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. . in our own heritage.
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In the Upanishads,
for instance. .
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. . which revealed to him the
monotheistic basis of Hinduism.
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Ram Mohan's work was left
unfinished by his death in England.
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But Debendranath, inspired by the
two lines of the Sanskrit text. .
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. . went on to prove himself to be
Raja's true spiritual son and heir.
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Debendranath suffered
social ostracism. .
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. . for preaching
the monotheistic faith. .
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. . that he called Brahmoism.
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But to his followers,
and there were many. .
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He was Maharshi. .
'The Great Sage. '
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When Rabindranath was born,
the Maharshi was 45 years old.
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His wife Sharadamoni was 33.
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Rabindranath was the 14th child.
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The eldest was Dijendranath. .
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Poet, Philosopher, Mathematician.
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Second son Satyendranath. .
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. . translated the Geeta and
Meghdoot, in Bengal verse.
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And became the first Indian member
of the Indian Civil Service.
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The 5th son Jyotindranath was
a born musician. .
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. . translated Mullier and Sanskrit
dramas in to Bengali. .
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. . and wrote and staged. .
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. . some of the most popular
Bengali plays of his time.
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Amongst the daughters was
Shwarnakumari.
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The first woman novelist and the first
woman to edit a journal in India.
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Indeed, it was an household which
hummed with artistic activity.
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[Hamlet] Oh earth! What else?
And shall I couple hell?
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Oh fie! Hold, hold my heart!
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And you, my sinews, grown not instant old,
but bear me stiffly up. Remember thee?
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For Rabi
the time hadn't yet come. .
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. . to participate
in the activities of the elders.
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Going out in the street
was forbidden too.
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And this was indeed a pity.
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For nothing seemed more
fascinating to the boy. .
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. . than the world outside.
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At the age of seven,
Rabi was sent to school.
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Rabi went to four schools
and hated them all.
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But to say that he lacked
education would be wrong.
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For his third brother Hemendranath
saw to his studies at home.
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And it was all done by the clock.
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When Rabi was 12. .
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Debendranath went on a trip to
North India and took boy with him.
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The last stop on a long tour
was the rest house on Bakrutha.
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The highest hill in the hill
station of Dalhousie in the Punjab.
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Rabi was told by his father
to roam about on his own.
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He was also taught to rise
before the sun.
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And to handle money
and keep accounts.
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The days often ended. .
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. . with the boy singing
devotional songs to his father.
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Rabi was 13 when his first book
of verse Kobikahini came out.
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When Rabi was 16. .
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Dwijendranath brought out a
literary magazine called Bharati.
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And Rabi found an admirable
platform. .
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. . for his literary activities.
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The essays included pieces
on the European poets. .
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. . like Dante and Petrarch. .
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. . whose acquaintance Rabi has
made in Ahmadabad. .
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. . in the library of his elder
brother Satyendranath.
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Satyendranath's wife
Jnanadanandini ..
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. . who was staying in England
with her two children. .
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. . was a remarkable woman. .
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. . who had been persuaded
by her husband. .
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. . to come out of orthodox
seclusion.
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Rabi set out for England
in the summer of 1878.
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And joined Jnanadanandini
in Brighton.
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If the plan was to provide the boy
with a proper education. .
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it came to naught.
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For Rabi returned. .
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. . without completing his course of
studies at the London University.
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While in England. .
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Rabindranath had become
acquainted with Western Music.
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Some of the tunes he had learnt. .
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. . found their way into his
enchanting opera, 'Balmikipratibha.'
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There were other tunes, however. .
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. . which came from classical
Indian ragas. .
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. . used for the first time
in an operatic context.
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Balmikipratibha was staged
in the Tagore residence. .
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. . with the Rabindranath in the
role of the bandit turned poet.
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The rest of the cast too
was composed of. .
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. . the member's of the
Tagore family.
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All gifted with the varying degrees
of talent for acting and music.
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Among those who saw and
praised this performance. .
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. . was the greatest literary figure
of the time. .
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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
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A year later, when Rabindranath's
Shundar Sangeet was published. .
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Bankim Chandra personally
congratulated the poet. .
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. . and acknowledged his
preeminence. .
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. . among the rising writers
of the day.
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Of all the members of
Rabi's family. .
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Two were closest to his mind and heart.
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They were Jyotinrindranath
and his wife.
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Kadambari Devi was two years
older than Rabi.
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She was his best friend and
severest critic.
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Rabi lived with these two
for a time. .
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. . in a house in Sudder Street
in South Calcutta.
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One morning, a strange experience
befell the poet.
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One day my life stood watching
at early dawn.
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The sun sending out it's rays
from behind the trees.
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I suddenly felt. .
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. . as if some ancient mist had
in a moment lifted from my sight.
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And the morning light
on the face of the world. .
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. . revealed an inner radiance of joy.
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The poem I wrote on the first
day of my surprise. .
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. . was named,
'The awakening of the waterfall. '
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At the age of 22, Rabindranath
married Bhabatarini Devi.
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The old fashioned name was later
changed to Miralini.
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Two months before the wedding. .
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. . Rabindranth had received
a letter from his father. .
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. . in which he was asked to
prepare himself. .
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. . to look after the family estate.
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After a period of initial training
in the estate's offices in Calcutta. .
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Rabindranah found himself in the
very heart of rural Bengal.
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In the region around the
river Padma.
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With the worldly wisdom
unusual in a poet. .
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. . but characteristic
of the Tagores
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Rabindranath, in later life
set about in a practical way. .
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. . to improve the lot of the poor
peasants of his estate.
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And his varied work in this field
is on record.
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But his own gain from this
intimate contact. .
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. . with the fundamental aspects
of life and nature. .
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. . and the influence of this
contact on his life and work. .
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. . are beyond measure.
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Living mostly in his boat and
watching life through the window. .
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. . a whole new world of sights
and sounds and feelings. .
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. . opened up before him.
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It was a world in which
the moods of people. .
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. . and the moods of nature. .
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. . were inextricably interwoven.
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The people found room in a
succession great short stories.
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And nature?
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In an outpouring of exquisite
songs and poems.
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Dominant was the mood of the rains.
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Exultant and terrible.
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In 1901, Rabindranath was 40 years old.
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His already enormous output of
poems and plays. .
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. . had been gathered in one
big volume.
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It comprised 21 books.
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And included Sonar Tari,
his first masterpiece.
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The same year 1901 marked an event
of a somewhat different nature.
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In Bolpur, in the district of
Birbhum in West Bengal. .
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. . Debendranath had acquired
some property in 1862,
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one year after Rabindranath
was born.
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The property was made over
to a board of trustees.
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And the deed specified. .
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. . that the place was to be used
for meditation. .
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. . on the supreme formless being.
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According to the
Mahrashi's wishes. .
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. . a seat of prayer and a temple
of worship had been built.
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And close to the temple,
a residential house. .
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. . which was called Shanti Niketan,
'The abode of peace'.
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Rabindranth had been worrying
about the education of his children.
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And he decided to start ...
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an experimental educational
institution, in Shanti Niketan.
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It was to be a school.
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But not like the schools. .
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. . that had been the nightmare
of his own childhood.
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It was to be like the forest
hermitages of classical India.
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But to bring it into being
was not a easy task.
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For one thing, it cost money.
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Rabindranath was obliged to sell. .
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. . amongst other things,
the copyright of his books.
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His wife added her bit by
selling her wedding ornaments.
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Two months after the school
was opened, she was taken ill.
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Three months later,
at the age of 29 ..
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she died.
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For Rabindranath. .
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it was a beginning of series of
personal tragedies.
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nine months after his wife's death. .
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. . his second daughter Renuka
passed away.
254
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The hardest blow of all
came four years later.
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Youngest son Samindro took after
his father in many ways.
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He was only 13 when he fell
a victim to cholera.
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It was in the midst of these
bereavements. .
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. . that Rabindranath participated
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in one of the greatest political
upheavals in the history of India.
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In December, 1903, was
published. .
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. . the decision of India's
Governor General, Lord Curzon. .
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. . to split up Bengal into
two provinces.
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The idea was to create a separate
province with a Muslim majority
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which would induce a rift between
the two main religious groups. .
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. . and avert the possible growth of
a united front against the Government.
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But in proposing the partition. .
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. . Curzon merely fanned
the flame of patriotism. .
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. . that had been smoldering in the
minds of certain visionaries. .
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. . all through the period of
the renaissance in Bengal.
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These men now came to the fore. .
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. . and led the millions
to rise in protest.
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The series of stirring
patriotic songs. .
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. . which Rabindranath composed
for the occasion. .
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. . were sung in procession in the
streets of Calcutta
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with the poet himself in the lead.
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On October 16th, 1905. .
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the partition became an
accomplished fact.
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In a form a protest that only a
poet could conceive. .
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Rabindranath turned the black day. .
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. . into a mass festival of
Rakhi Bandhan.
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The tying of the band
of friendship.
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But the Swadeshi movement. .
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. . was fated to grow and
assume a character. .
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. . which was not possible to
foresee in its early stages.
285
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While admitting the bravery
and patriotism of those. .
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. . who killed or were killed in
a reckless bid for freedom. .
287
00:29:00,043 --> 00:29:02,511
Rabindranath could not
condone terrorism.
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00:29:03,513 --> 00:29:06,004
He stated his credo
in clear terms.
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The path of violence
was not for India.
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Good could come only out of
constructive work. .
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. . carried out in a spirit
of tolerance.
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He had himself followed up his
retirement from the political scene
293
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by devoting himself to the work
of frugal welfare in his estate.
294
00:29:25,535 --> 00:29:27,264
And there were other
activities too.
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He was teaching at school.
296
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Editing journals and
engaging himself. .
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. . in every conceivable form of
literary activity.
298
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That his own countrymen now
regarded him. .
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. . as their leading man of letters. .
300
00:29:44,154 --> 00:29:47,248
. . was proved by his 50th birthday
celebrations in Calcutta.
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Sponsored by the Bengal
Academy of Letters. .
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. . and attended by thousands. .
303
00:29:52,996 --> 00:29:55,487
. . it was a unique occasion and
the first time. .
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00:29:55,999 --> 00:29:59,526
. . that such an ovation had been
given a literary man in India.
305
00:30:00,503 --> 00:30:02,437
But, to the outside world. .
306
00:30:03,306 --> 00:30:05,740
Rabindranath was still
an unknown name.
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00:30:07,644 --> 00:30:11,080
The objects of Rabindranath's visit
to England in 1912. .
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. . was to study the educational
methods of the West.
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And also to acquaint the West with
his own work at Shanti Niketan.
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00:30:19,355 --> 00:30:21,653
He happened to carry with him
on this occasion. .
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. . a notebook containing his own
English translations. .
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. . of some of his songs.
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Mainly from Gitanjali.
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00:30:28,731 --> 00:30:30,460
He showed these translations. .
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00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:32,634
. . to the English painter
William Rothenstein. .
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00:30:33,236 --> 00:30:35,796
. . who had met him on an
earlier visit to India.
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Rothenstein was so impressed. .
318
00:30:39,242 --> 00:30:40,641
. . that he sent a copy of the
translation. .
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00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:43,304
. . to the well know Irish poet,
Yeats.
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00:30:44,113 --> 00:30:45,637
In introducing the poems to a
gathering of. .
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00:30:45,682 --> 00:30:47,741
. . English writers and
Intellectuals. .
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Yeats said. .
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00:30:49,786 --> 00:30:51,754
" I know of no man in my time. .
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00:30:52,388 --> 00:30:54,515
. . who has done anything in
English language. .
325
00:30:54,791 --> 00:30:56,349
. . to equal these lyrics. "
326
00:30:57,126 --> 00:31:00,562
"Even as I read them in this
literal prose translation. .
327
00:31:01,130 --> 00:31:03,428
. . they are exquisite in
style and thought. "
328
00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:07,727
Gitanjali was published in
England in the same year.
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00:31:08,571 --> 00:31:11,267
There has rarely been another
instance of a poet. .
330
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. . gaining world fame
in like manner.
331
00:31:14,244 --> 00:31:17,407
The Nobel Prize came in 1913.
332
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And the Knighthood in 1915,
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while war was raging in Europe.
334
00:31:31,094 --> 00:31:34,086
Touring the United States and
Japan in 1916. .
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00:31:34,731 --> 00:31:37,791
Rabindranath made eloquent
appeals for peace.
336
00:31:38,701 --> 00:31:42,102
He felt that world peace could
only be achieved . .
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00:31:42,505 --> 00:31:45,167
. . through intellectual
co-operation between nations.
338
00:31:45,708 --> 00:31:46,697
He said. .
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00:31:47,210 --> 00:31:50,373
"The call has come to every
individual in the present age. .
340
00:31:51,147 --> 00:31:53,138
. . to prepare himself and his
surroundings. .
341
00:31:53,216 --> 00:31:54,547
. . for the dawn of a new era. "
342
00:31:55,418 --> 00:31:57,318
"When man shall discover his soul. .
343
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,450
. . in the spiritual unity of all
human being. "
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00:32:01,391 --> 00:32:04,485
Pursuing this noble idea of
international co-operation. .
345
00:32:05,094 --> 00:32:07,358
Rabindranath gave the school
at Shanti Niketan. .
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00:32:07,430 --> 00:32:09,330
. . a new status and a new name.
347
00:32:10,266 --> 00:32:12,496
'Yatra Vishvam Bhavti Ek Nidam. '
348
00:32:13,436 --> 00:32:16,098
Where the world becomes
a single nest.
349
00:32:16,372 --> 00:32:18,340
This was the motto of the
Vishwa Bharati.
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It was inaugurated on the
24th of December, 1918
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00:32:22,779 --> 00:32:26,545
with the aged philosopher,
Brijendra Nath Sheel, presiding.
352
00:32:27,183 --> 00:32:30,448
Rabindranath made over the
entire Nobel Prize money. .
353
00:32:30,586 --> 00:32:32,417
. . towards the building of this
University.
354
00:32:34,023 --> 00:32:35,650
While peace had been
restored in Europe. .
355
00:32:36,359 --> 00:32:38,293
In India, there was unrest.
356
00:32:39,562 --> 00:32:40,654
The Rowlatt Bill. .
357
00:32:41,364 --> 00:32:44,026
. . designed to suppress all
political movements. .
358
00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:47,402
. . dashed India's hopes of gaining
the self-government. .
359
00:32:47,637 --> 00:32:51,232
. . that the British rulers had kept
promising through the war years.
360
00:32:52,408 --> 00:32:55,104
Dominating the Indian political
scene at this time. .
361
00:32:55,611 --> 00:32:58,079
... was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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00:32:58,514 --> 00:33:00,505
who as barrister in
South Africa. .
363
00:33:01,150 --> 00:33:04,017
. . had fought for the rights of
the Indians living in that country.
364
00:33:04,387 --> 00:33:06,355
As a protest again the
Rowlatt Act. .
365
00:33:06,689 --> 00:33:09,317
Gandhi launched a movement
of Passive Resistance.
366
00:33:09,659 --> 00:33:12,423
But the masses misinterpreted
the movement. .
367
00:33:12,729 --> 00:33:14,720
. . and following a rumour of
Gandhi's arrest. .
368
00:33:15,531 --> 00:33:17,761
. . violence broke out in many
parts of the country.
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00:33:18,568 --> 00:33:19,694
As a result of this. .
370
00:33:20,603 --> 00:33:22,571
. . the Government started taking
repressive measures. .
371
00:33:22,638 --> 00:33:25,539
. . out of all proportion to the
magnitude of the violence.
372
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,387
In the Punjab,
Martial Law was declared.
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00:33:48,664 --> 00:33:50,495
In charge of the troops
at Amritsar. .
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00:33:51,067 --> 00:33:52,694
. . was Brigadier General Dyer.
375
00:33:54,103 --> 00:33:56,094
On the first day of the month
of Vaishakh. .
376
00:33:56,706 --> 00:33:58,697
. . the crowd gathered in
Jalianwala Bagh ...
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00:33:59,475 --> 00:34:01,136
. . as it had done very other year.
378
00:34:02,245 --> 00:34:03,507
It was a peaceful crowd.
379
00:34:04,347 --> 00:34:06,645
But Dyer was taking no chances.
380
00:34:18,194 --> 00:34:22,324
News of the Amritsar incident
was suppressed by the Government.
381
00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:26,327
But details filtered through
to other parts of the country
382
00:34:27,336 --> 00:34:29,463
and even to the abode of peace.
383
00:34:41,017 --> 00:34:43,008
Rabindranath rushed to Calcutta.
384
00:34:46,089 --> 00:34:48,455
But the Defense of India Act
was still in force.
385
00:34:48,724 --> 00:34:52,455
And no leaders would support him
in a plea for a meeting of protest.
386
00:34:59,769 --> 00:35:02,363
At 4 o'clock in the morning of
May 30th. .
387
00:35:02,972 --> 00:35:05,133
Rabindranath finished writing
a letter.
388
00:35:05,708 --> 00:35:07,437
It was addressed to the
Viceroy.
389
00:35:08,578 --> 00:35:11,206
Condemning the Government for the
killing in Punjab.
390
00:35:12,014 --> 00:35:13,641
Rabindranath ended by saying. .
391
00:35:14,584 --> 00:35:16,074
"And I for my part. .
392
00:35:16,552 --> 00:35:19,612
. . wish to stand shorn of all
special distinctions. .
393
00:35:20,256 --> 00:35:21,689
. . by the side of my countrymen "
394
00:35:22,125 --> 00:35:24,753
"who, for their so-called
insignificance. .
395
00:35:25,228 --> 00:35:28,994
. . are liable to suffer degradation
not fit for human beings. "
396
00:35:29,532 --> 00:35:33,263
"And these are the reasons which
have painfully compelled me. .
397
00:35:34,003 --> 00:35:38,406
. . to ask Your Excellency to relieve
me of my title of Knighthood.
398
00:35:45,448 --> 00:35:47,473
The next ten years of
Rabindranath's life. .
399
00:35:48,050 --> 00:35:50,041
. . were filled with ceaseless
activity.
400
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,021
The urge to travel and the
necessity to collect funds. .
401
00:35:54,090 --> 00:35:57,491
. . for his University, took him to
all parts of the world.
402
00:35:58,494 --> 00:36:02,726
And the West as much as the East
welcomed him with open arms.
403
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,699
Wherever he went, he spread
the message of peace
404
00:36:41,304 --> 00:36:45,034
and stressed the importance of
intellectual co-operation between nations.
405
00:36:45,474 --> 00:36:46,532
He said. .
406
00:36:46,776 --> 00:36:49,745
"We aught to know that isolation
of life and culture. .
407
00:36:50,346 --> 00:36:53,110
. . is not a thing of which any
nation can be proud. "
408
00:36:53,683 --> 00:36:56,709
"In human world,
giving is exchanging. "
409
00:36:57,353 --> 00:36:58,650
" It is not one-sided. "
410
00:36:59,388 --> 00:37:00,377
He also said. .
411
00:37:01,257 --> 00:37:04,454
"I do not put my faith in
any new institutions "
412
00:37:05,094 --> 00:37:07,153
" but in the individuals all
over the world. .
413
00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:11,523
. . who think clearly, feel nobly
and act rightly. "
414
00:37:12,301 --> 00:37:14,462
"They are the channels of
moral truth. "
415
00:37:16,005 --> 00:37:20,499
His great humanist ideas found an
echo in the best minds of Europe.
416
00:37:21,244 --> 00:37:23,576
And some of them became
his close friends.
417
00:37:33,222 --> 00:37:34,211
In the meanwhile. .
418
00:37:34,490 --> 00:37:36,481
the institution of Shanti Niketan. .
419
00:37:36,993 --> 00:37:39,427
. . had come a long way from
it's modest beginnings.
420
00:37:40,563 --> 00:37:43,123
Its scope for studies had
greatly increased.
421
00:37:46,769 --> 00:37:49,533
There was Kala Bhavan for the
study of painting. .
422
00:37:51,507 --> 00:37:53,600
. . under Masters like
Nandulal Bose.
423
00:38:01,484 --> 00:38:04,976
Who was himself a pupil of
Abanindranath, the poet's nephew.
424
00:38:06,088 --> 00:38:07,214
The Sangeet Bhavan. .
425
00:38:07,523 --> 00:38:09,616
. . which neglected
no branch of Indian Music. .
426
00:38:10,293 --> 00:38:12,352
. . had also grown under
Dinendranath. .
427
00:38:13,029 --> 00:38:14,428
. . another nephew of the poet.
428
00:38:15,064 --> 00:38:18,966
Special provisions were made
for conducting oriental studies.
429
00:38:19,201 --> 00:38:21,260
And scholars came from
all over the world. .
430
00:38:21,604 --> 00:38:25,096
stayed to lecture, for research,
to exchange ideas.
431
00:38:25,641 --> 00:38:29,737
Such men were, Levy, Winternitz,
Lesny, Sten Konov.
432
00:38:30,980 --> 00:38:34,245
And there were some Europeans
who did even more than that.
433
00:38:35,418 --> 00:38:37,147
Charles Freer Andrews. .
434
00:38:37,286 --> 00:38:40,449
. . a missionary who was present at
Yeat's reading of Gitanjali.
435
00:38:41,357 --> 00:38:45,487
And William Winston Lee Pearson,
who also met poet in England. .
436
00:38:46,262 --> 00:38:48,287
. . came to the Ashram
in its early days. .
437
00:38:48,631 --> 00:38:50,622
. . and stayed on until their death,
438
00:38:51,133 --> 00:38:54,261
working with the selfless devotion
to the poet and his cause. .
439
00:38:54,670 --> 00:38:56,365
. . that few Indians could equal.
440
00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:00,106
Leonard Elmhirst was another
Englishman. .
441
00:39:00,309 --> 00:39:01,970
. . whom Tagore had met
in America.
442
00:39:03,012 --> 00:39:05,071
He was drawn by the poet's
personality,
443
00:39:05,448 --> 00:39:07,109
came over to Shanti Niketan. .
444
00:39:07,383 --> 00:39:09,943
. . and took charge of the
School of Rural Handicrafts.
445
00:39:10,319 --> 00:39:12,150
Another of Rabindranath's
experiments. .
446
00:39:12,321 --> 00:39:14,619
. . at Shurul, 2 miles from
Shanti Niketan.
447
00:39:21,063 --> 00:39:25,022
His last European tour began with
a visit to Oxford
448
00:39:25,634 --> 00:39:28,159
where he delivered the
series of Hibbert lectures. .
449
00:39:28,371 --> 00:39:31,101
. . which were later published as
'The Religion of Man. '
450
00:39:32,174 --> 00:39:33,796
It was also on this last trip
451
00:39:33,831 --> 00:39:36,602
that Rabindranath went to
Soviet Russia for the first time.
452
00:39:50,126 --> 00:39:53,687
On the eve of his departure
from Moscow, he told his hosts. .
453
00:39:54,663 --> 00:39:56,392
"You have recognized the truth. .
454
00:39:57,032 --> 00:40:00,729
. . that in extirpating all social
evils one has to go the root. "
455
00:40:01,437 --> 00:40:04,372
"And the only way to it
is through education. "
456
00:40:05,708 --> 00:40:07,699
In Russia as well as
in other countries. .
457
00:40:07,777 --> 00:40:09,244
. . that he visited on this tour. .
458
00:40:10,112 --> 00:40:14,310
Rabindranath held exhibitions
of his paintings.
459
00:40:15,584 --> 00:40:20,524
At the age of 70, Rabindranath had found
a new outlet for his creative urge.
460
00:40:21,557 --> 00:40:24,117
It was astonishing, the way
it started.
461
00:42:53,142 --> 00:42:54,439
In 1931
462
00:42:55,144 --> 00:42:58,079
. . the leading citizens of Calcutta
united in an appeal. .
463
00:42:58,514 --> 00:43:01,039
. . to observe the poet's
70th birthday.
464
00:43:03,385 --> 00:43:05,046
It was celebrated in a manner. .
465
00:43:05,254 --> 00:43:07,381
. . that was truly worthy
of the occasion.
466
00:43:15,764 --> 00:43:17,391
The golden book of Tagore. .
467
00:43:17,766 --> 00:43:20,098
. . was a testimony to the love
and reverence. .
468
00:43:20,169 --> 00:43:23,468
. . that the intellectuals of the
world bore for Rabindranath.
469
00:43:25,207 --> 00:43:28,540
Its sponsors consisted of
three Europeans and two Indians.
470
00:43:29,745 --> 00:43:32,077
There was Romain Rolland
from France. .
471
00:43:32,548 --> 00:43:34,379
Albert Einstein from Germany. .
472
00:43:35,017 --> 00:43:37,212
The poet Kostis Palamas
from Greece
473
00:43:38,287 --> 00:43:41,518
The Indians consisted of the
scientists Jagdish Chandra Bose. .
474
00:43:42,224 --> 00:43:45,216
. . who had been the poet's
closest friend 40 years.
475
00:43:46,528 --> 00:43:48,723
The other Indian was
Mahatma Gandhi.
476
00:43:50,265 --> 00:43:52,665
In physical appearance,
in personal habits. .
477
00:43:53,369 --> 00:43:54,597
. . and in general outlook. .
478
00:43:55,371 --> 00:43:57,202
. . the two differed considerably.
479
00:43:58,507 --> 00:44:01,476
At several moments of crisis
in India's political history. .
480
00:44:02,344 --> 00:44:04,676
. . the two had disagreed over
the course of action.
481
00:44:05,681 --> 00:44:07,308
But these were on the surface.
482
00:44:08,350 --> 00:44:13,580
The deeper affinity, transcended
all occasional barriers.
483
00:44:39,782 --> 00:44:42,046
The last years of the poet's life. .
484
00:44:42,584 --> 00:44:46,145
. . was spent largely in his
beloved Shanti Niketan.
485
00:44:55,030 --> 00:44:57,191
He had a choice of a small
houses built for him.
486
00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:59,665
For he never liked to stay
in the same house. .
487
00:44:59,702 --> 00:45:01,567
. . or even in the same room
for long
488
00:45:03,205 --> 00:45:07,574
It was, in a way, symbolic of the
refusal to get into a rut. .
489
00:45:08,110 --> 00:45:09,543
. . which marked his whole life.
490
00:45:10,612 --> 00:45:11,544
In his writings. .
491
00:45:12,147 --> 00:45:14,615
he was now producing some of
his most striking. .
492
00:45:14,683 --> 00:45:16,742
. . original and mature works.
493
00:45:17,352 --> 00:45:18,444
And these included. .
494
00:45:18,987 --> 00:45:21,455
. . text books and nonsense
rhymes for children.
495
00:45:22,324 --> 00:45:24,656
Not an unusual occupation
for someone. .
496
00:45:25,094 --> 00:45:27,562
. . who had loved and understood
children so well. .
497
00:45:28,130 --> 00:45:30,724
. . and done so much to mold them
for a better future.
498
00:45:45,781 --> 00:45:47,271
His health was failing.
499
00:45:47,750 --> 00:45:51,777
But calls of duty, which he was
ever ready to answer. .
500
00:45:52,421 --> 00:45:53,752
. . gave him little rest.
501
00:47:26,281 --> 00:47:32,277
On 7th of May 1941,
Rabindranath was 80 years old.
502
00:47:33,288 --> 00:47:34,619
Three months later. .
503
00:47:35,390 --> 00:47:39,053
He was to leave Shanti Niketan,
never to return.
504
00:47:49,004 --> 00:47:52,235
He would be taken to his
ancestral house in Calcutta,
505
00:47:52,608 --> 00:47:53,768
fatally ill.
506
00:47:55,544 --> 00:47:58,604
In this house,
once upon a time. .
507
00:47:59,514 --> 00:48:01,607
A boy roamed the corridors.
508
00:48:21,203 --> 00:48:24,036
What is the fun of all this
writing and writing?
509
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:26,605
When I take a father's
pen or pencil. .
510
00:48:26,975 --> 00:48:29,375
and write upon his book,
just as he does...
511
00:48:29,444 --> 00:48:32,743
A B C D E F G H I. .
512
00:48:32,981 --> 00:48:35,347
Why do you get cross with
me then, mother?
513
00:48:35,417 --> 00:48:37,578
You never say a word
when father writes.
514
00:48:38,353 --> 00:48:41,516
When my father wastes such
heaps of papers. .
515
00:48:41,590 --> 00:48:43,581
. . Mother, you don't seem to
mind at all.
516
00:48:44,159 --> 00:48:47,424
But if I take only one sheet
to make a boat with,
517
00:48:47,496 --> 00:48:50,021
you say, "Child, how troublesome
you are!"
518
00:48:50,198 --> 00:48:51,756
What do you think of father's
spoiling. .
519
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,731
. . sheets and sheets of paper with
black marks all over on both sides?
520
00:50:00,669 --> 00:50:03,399
Rabindranath attended the 80th
birthday celebrations. .
521
00:50:03,472 --> 00:50:06,703
. . in Shanti Niketan
in spite of his failing health.
522
00:50:07,542 --> 00:50:11,273
That day for the occasion,
he had compose a message,
523
00:50:12,214 --> 00:50:14,148
his last message to the world.
524
00:50:15,250 --> 00:50:17,718
It was called the
'Crisis In Civilization. '
525
00:50:19,321 --> 00:50:21,084
It concerned itself. .
526
00:50:21,390 --> 00:50:24,188
. . with the state of the so called
modern civilization.
527
00:50:25,093 --> 00:50:28,392
A civilization that was being
shaken to its very roots. .
528
00:50:28,697 --> 00:50:30,790
. . by barbaric wars of aggression.
529
00:51:23,117 --> 00:51:24,810
At the course of this message
530
00:51:24,811 --> 00:51:26,878
Rabindranath said:
531
00:51:26,879 --> 00:51:29,976
"I had at one time believed
532
00:51:29,977 --> 00:51:34,938
that the springs of civilization
would issue out of the heart of Europe.
533
00:51:34,939 --> 00:51:37,317
But today,
534
00:51:37,318 --> 00:51:39,367
when I'm about to leave the world,
535
00:51:39,368 --> 00:51:42,589
that fate has deserted me.
536
00:51:42,590 --> 00:51:47,626
I look around and see the crumbling ruins
of a proud civilization
537
00:51:47,627 --> 00:51:50,964
strewn like a vast heap
of futility.
538
00:51:58,827 --> 00:51:59,886
And yet
539
00:51:59,887 --> 00:52:03,162
I shall not commit the grievous sin
540
00:52:03,163 --> 00:52:06,139
of losing faith in men.
541
00:52:06,140 --> 00:52:08,941
I shall look forward to a new dawn,
542
00:52:08,942 --> 00:52:11,748
to a new chapter in history
543
00:52:11,749 --> 00:52:13,951
when the holocaust will end
544
00:52:13,952 --> 00:52:16,473
and the air will be rendered clean
545
00:52:16,474 --> 00:52:19,183
with a spirit of service and sacrifice.
546
00:52:19,184 --> 00:52:23,729
Perhaps the dawn will come from this horizon,
547
00:52:23,764 --> 00:52:24,965
from the East
548
00:52:24,966 --> 00:52:26,872
where the sun rises.
549
00:52:26,873 --> 00:52:32,950
On that day will unvanquished man
retrace his path of conquest,
550
00:52:32,951 --> 00:52:35,580
surmounting all barriers,
551
00:52:35,581 --> 00:52:39,039
to win back his lost human heritage."
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