Rabindranath Tagore

experience what their peers does on holidays, what they eat at home, and what language they hear the most. Their names may sound strange for local people. Jhumpa Lahiri, the writer of the novel The Namesake, is also a child of immigrants in America. In the novel, Lahiri depicts the struggle of a child of immigrants, particularly Gogol Ganguli, has throughout his life. Gogol’s perception towards his name symbolize his struggle for identifying himself surrounded by both Indian and American cultures. As a young boy, Gogol does not mind his “pet” name. So does he live well between the two cultures. When he is young, his mother exposes him in both Indian and American cultures. Ashima educates him to memorize poets by a famous Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, to worship Hindu goddess Durga, and to take Bengali language lessons every other week (Lahiri 54, 65). On the other hand, she also teaches him to watch American TV shows to “keep up with the English he uses at nursery school,” to celebrate Thanksgiving, Easter, and the birth of Christ (Lahiri 54, 64). It seems Gogol follows all the conventions and customs surrounding him. He is not confused by the difference of two cultures when he is little. He accepts his name as well. When he is in the kindergarten, he rejects to be Nikhil (Lahiri 57). Instead, he signs up for the kindergarten with the name Gogol (Lahiri 59). In other words, he “doesn't mind his name (Lahiri 66).” Thus, when Gogol is little, his approval for his name…

Rabindranath Tagore, born on May 7th, 1861- died 7th Aug 1941, is one of the foremost literary figures of India. He majorly wrote in Bengali as he came from a feudal Aristocratic family of Bengal, although, most of his works have been translated into English and various languages worldwide. He is the first Non-European to win the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913. Tagore’s prime emphasis was seen revolving around the secluded domestic lives of women. In his short stories and novels he depicts…

Rabindranath Tagore is a very prominent name throughout the world and it is impossible to consider India's jewels without including a marvel like him. Born in Calcutta (7 May 1861- 7 August 1941), he considered himself a poet first before everything and thus the literary beauty Gitanjali is well justified to be affirmative of his poet prophet personality. He was a Bengali polymath with his interests lying in songs composition, poetry, paintings, sketches, etc. which left an indispensable mark on…

Feeble and fed up of the isolation of the village, he applies for a transfer, which he is declined. But he decides to move regardless and resigns from his place of work. This devastates Ratan as she didn’t see this sudden change coming. She had gotten attached to Dada, and didn’t want to be separated from him. She asks him to take her along with him and weeps in front of him for the first time. At first, the idea seems absurd to Dada, but as he left in a boat, home bound, he starts to miss Ratan…

subjects that may intrigue their interests with support and love from our school. Additionally, we fit the needs and wants for our students from what aspects they want to learn in particular subjects. In our school education system, we are strongly disagree upon countries that are fixated on students studying for the standardized test which only focus on the needs and wants from school and care little for the students’ educational careers. The school system that we structured to be the one…

Ratan is one of the simplest and yet one of the most enigmatic feminine characters in Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories. She is a twelve year old, poor orphan girl. Her parents died when she was very young and hence, she has lived in this solitude all her life. She is a simple, honest and caring girl. She is illiterate but slowly learns to read and write under the guidance of the postmaster. Infact, she has a high grasping power which is well proved by the speed with which she learns to read…

Rabindranath Tagore once said, “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” I believe that there is a lot of hidden meaning behind those thirteen simple words. To me, this quote is saying that you aren’t going to get anywhere in life if you don’t try. That means that every once in awhile you should step out of your comfort zone and experience the world through a different lens, or from a different perspective. I fully agree with Rabindranath Tagore. I think that is…

They were able to conquer India by exploiting its diversity and because the Mughal power weakened, India became fragmented. In Document 7, it was a except written by Rabindranath Tagore about Nationalism in India. He states “India has never had a real sense of Nationalism” and then later goes on to say “the west must not make herself a curse to the world by using her power for her own selfish needs..”. These statements show that the Indians wanted their own identity but Europe selfishly took it…

Understanding the nature of education brings into question not only what aspects of it characterize it for what it is, but also what it takes to optimize it. It is, in the end, a responsibility of the educator to set the educated on the right path to taking the responsibility upon himself to make the most of his education. In To Teachers, Rabindranath Tagore places a great importance on the learning that enthusiastically takes place in children as they explore their surroundings, noting how…

The story is written by Rabindranath Tagore and revolves around the life of a postmaster who is appointed to hold the post in the small village of Ulapur. Originally from Calcutta he felt like a fish out of water in this remote village. He also lacked companionship as he is rather reluctant to go talk to the village people. He also took up writing to distract himself from his loneliness. He cooked his own meals and also managed to get friendship and companionship from an orphaned girl named…