UNB, Dhaka :
Nation celebrated the 154th birth anniversary of Bishwa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore on 25th Baishakh of Bangla Calendar that falls yesterday.
As in the previous years, birth anniversary of the major poet of Bangla literature celebrated across the country and elsewhere by chalking out elaborate programs.
The celebration programs included soirees, recitations, discussions and seminars presenting the poets vast literary works.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Chhayanaut and Udichi among other organizations organized cultural programs on the day.
Moreover, Bangladesh Television (BTV), Bangladesh Betar and other satellite television channels and radio stations broadcasted special programs on
the occasion. On this occasion, President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia gave separate messages highlighting Rabindranath Tagore’s literary talent.
Tagore was born in a reputable zamindar family in Kolkata in 1861.
His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: Bangladesh’s ‘Amar Sonar Bangla and India’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’. The original song of Sri Lanka’s national anthem was also written and tuned by Tagore.
The author of ‘Gitanjali’ (Song Offerings) became the first non-European as well as the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for the poetry that is viewed as spiritual and mercurial.
Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bangla literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit.
He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of the modern Indian subcontinent.
Tagore also modernized Bangali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal.
Nation celebrated the 154th birth anniversary of Bishwa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore on 25th Baishakh of Bangla Calendar that falls yesterday.
As in the previous years, birth anniversary of the major poet of Bangla literature celebrated across the country and elsewhere by chalking out elaborate programs.
The celebration programs included soirees, recitations, discussions and seminars presenting the poets vast literary works.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Chhayanaut and Udichi among other organizations organized cultural programs on the day.
Moreover, Bangladesh Television (BTV), Bangladesh Betar and other satellite television channels and radio stations broadcasted special programs on
the occasion. On this occasion, President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia gave separate messages highlighting Rabindranath Tagore’s literary talent.
Tagore was born in a reputable zamindar family in Kolkata in 1861.
His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: Bangladesh’s ‘Amar Sonar Bangla and India’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’. The original song of Sri Lanka’s national anthem was also written and tuned by Tagore.
The author of ‘Gitanjali’ (Song Offerings) became the first non-European as well as the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for the poetry that is viewed as spiritual and mercurial.
Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bangla literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit.
He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of the modern Indian subcontinent.
Tagore also modernized Bangali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal.
