Contribution Of Rabindranath Tagore

“Gitanjali” is the collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore published in November 1912. It comprises of 103 poems translated in English by Rabindranath Tagore himself. He became the first non-European writer to be awarded with Nobel Prize for the translated version of Gitanjali in literature background. Originally Gitanjali was written in Bengali which comprises of 157 poems and was published in 14 august 1910. Tagore began writing at very young age and many of his verses are in the form of prayer written during hard and painful period of his life during which he lost his father, wife daughter and son in quick succession. He became unshakably devoted to god and his verses are spiritual in nature. It is to be noted that Tagore played a very prominent role in India’s freedom struggle and likewise patriotism can be seen in his verse too. Gitanjali contains translation of 53 poems from the original Bengali gitanjali, as well as 50 poems were from his drama Achalayatan, and from eight other books of poetry 17 poems from Gitimalya,15 poems from Naivedya and 11 poems from Kheya.

Indian literature written in English language has its base n the myth that has been passed on from generations. Like many Indian English writers writing in English Girish Karnad is of no exception. In his writings the mythological aspects echo throughout. His plays like ‘Hayavadana’, ‘The Fire and The Rplay hain’ and ‘Nagmandala’ are based on the myths but Karnad gives an approach to myth in a different way. His plays originate from the myths of Indian legends but in the course of the play hee insert some of the acts which make us rethink about depending on God, especially through the man-God encounter acts.

Born on May 19,1938, in Mathern, Maharastra, Girish Karnad has become one of India’s brightest shining stars, carning international praise as a playwright, poet, actor, director, critic and translator. As a young man studying at Karnataka University, Dharwar, where he earning international literay fame, but he thought that he would do so by writing in English. Scholarship and went on to receive a Master of Arts Degree in Philosophy,Politic and Economics . He would eventually achieve the international fame he had dreamed of, but not for his English Poetry. Instead,Karnad would earn his reputation through decades of consistent literary output on his native soil.

Kim gives a vivid picture of the complexities in India under British rule. It shows the life of the bazaar mystics, of the natives, of the British military. There is a great deal of action and movement, for Kipling's vast canvas painted in full detail. The dialogue in the novel makes use of Indian phrases translated by the author, they give the flavor of native speech in India. They are also touches of the native behavior and shrewdness.

Being under the British rule, English language was used as a language of education and a medium of expression among Indians. It is the Indian writing in English which gave the voice of Indian culture to the outside world. India’s Linguistic diversity adds to the richness of Indian culture and every region of India has a highly developed literary tradition with excellent writers of national, and a few of international fame. The regional literature of India since the ancient times has travelled an extensive path to gain the shape that it possesses in present Indian panorama.

Considering the socio-economic and cultural differences of these female characters, how could their ends be so similar? In this essay, we’ll discuss why these late 19th century, early 20th century authors chose to make suicide, or the desire for death (or other drastic behavior), agency for their female characters in these two texts. We’ll do this by analyzing the feminist themes of Tagore and Ibsen, in light of the realist/naturalist literary movement at the time; as well as discussing the ways the authors allow for autonomy with their characters -- as well as the ways they restrict their options -- in these works.

Ismat Chughtai, the Urdu writer of fierce feminist sentiments, has never got the accolades that have been bestowed upon her contemporaries- especially male contemporaries. She is remembered as a controversial writer who did not hide anything in her narratives; and hence irked her contemporary society in all possible manners. I am of the opinion that it is high time to re-evaluate the works of Ismat Chughtai by foregrounding her unflinching anti-hegemonic sentiments. Chughtai was a Feminist who challenged the status-quos and prudery of the Indian culture shaped up during the Victorian era. Her collection of short stories raised such a storm all across the country that she even had to face the court of law. The primary charge labelled against

Tom Leonard and John Agard are both poets. The two are of strong cultures, Leonard from a rich Scottish background, Agard from a mixed background of Portugal and the Caribbean. They both are capable of poetic complaint. Through the years, these literature artists have experienced many cultural injustices. Leonard’s poem “Six O’clock News” and Agard’s poem “Half-Caste” embody their cultural difficulties and experiences, and are both explicit pieces of cultural identity and how these people are looked upon by society. The meanings of these poems will be discussed and examined in depth in this essay.

This quote is important in understanding that Tagore was not just a poet. Tagore was an intellectual whose ideas played an important role in Asia in the 20th century. Although Tagore is not as well known for his philosophies. Mishra sheds light on Tagore’s philosophy in From the Ruins of Empire and discusses Tagore’s life and travels through Asia and the United States. Throughout the book, Mishra mainly focuses on Tagore’s views on the East and West because that was the pressing issue facing most Asian countries in the 1900s.

Tagore was a ceaseless experimenter and he has experimented with variety of forms in the Gitanjali. The central themes of Gitanjali is mainly devotional which draws inspiration from the Vaishnava tradition of the Bhakti movement. It expresses the yearning of the devotee for re-union with the divine. Traditional Indian devotional poetry finds a new treatment and original treatment in Tagore. Gitanjali was a sensation in the west and there are multiple reasons that led to this development. When it was first published in English, Abbe Bremond declared that pure poetry aspires to a condition of

The Circle of Reason is a landmark in Amitav Ghosh’s literary canon. It is a huge, ambitious novel with a crowd of characters and themes, set in a number of countries: India, Yemen, Egypt and Algeria. The novel is built on the philosophy of Sankhya that human nature is composed of Three Gunas-Satwa, Rajas and Tamas which centre on Mrs. Verma. Ghosh translates these Sanskrit terms through the subtitles—‘Reason’, ‘Passion’ and ‘Death’. It is a book written in defense of reason, logic and rationality. Following the form of the raga, in Indian classical music, Amitav Ghosh slowly builds the tempo of The Circle of Reason. The first part spans several decades, the second unfolds over a few weeks, and the third races through a day. In The Calcutta Chromosome, Amitav Ghosh pleads for the emancipation of woman. He makes Mangala, a sweeper-woman the protagonist of the novel. He highlights women’s problems and carves out a rightful places for them in the

Although Tagore wrote successfully in all literary genres, he was first of all a poet. Among his fifty and odd volumes of poetry are Manasi (1890) , Sonar Tari (1894) , Gitanjali (1910) , and many more .Gitanjali , Song Offerings (1912), the most acclaimed of them, contains poems from other works besides its namesake. Tagore's major plays

The Indian society believes that men have the facility and cultural hegemony in the group. A odd feature of the Indian action is that men defend maleness and deem women not manly which is not basically human. Women are marginalised through cultural institutions and religious rituals. Feminist movements have been maddening for removal of this marginalisation. The hermetic salutation of feminism in the 1960s and 1970s helped theorize a girl's discourse. A feministically right to use text can gain to a better covenant of the woman's condition Feminism in Indian English literature is focused so many years back. Feminism refers to the support of women’s right. This right is to remove gender discrimination and gives equal status to female in society. From the early period to modern period women writers presents the theme to highlight women issues in society. It goes on developing its content time to time. It starts with suppression of women and slowly comes to revolt of women. Feminism in India is a set of movements bearing in mind the direct of defining establishing and defending diplomatic and socio-economical rights and equal opportunities for Indian women. Like the feminists of new countries in India too the women be lacklustre for gender equality, the right to sham for equal wages the right to equal entry to health, education and politics too and I should make known for

To her, India is young and fertile enough to beget new glories from India's ageless womb. To her India is fit for the leader-ship of nations that in fettered darkness weep. India was once the empress of the sovereign past. But the idealism of the poet suffers a set back at the sight of contemporary Indian scene, and she feels despondent for a while. Sarojini Naidu and her fellow compatriots see visions of a great dawn. The mournful night is over and her country wakes at last from her deep age-long sleep. Sweet and long slumbering buds of gladness open fresh lips to the returning winds of

E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.