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[email protected] In-charge of English Department, Ideal College of Arts & Sciences (A), Kakinada It may not be hyperbolic to As an educationist, reformer say that there may not be such a great politician, and follower of Brahmo Samaj, man as Tagore. Just two points are worth he assimilated the best in the oriental enough to mention here. He was the tradition. fought against the bigotry and author of our National Anthem . At least inertia of conventional Hinduism. He 40 crore Indians stand up to respect the relinquished his knight hood. National Anthem, when it is sung or As a painter, Tagore struck the played on music. He was the author of golden mean between traditionalism and the National Anthem of Bangladesh also. impressionism. “Genuinely original, There also a good number of people genuinely native”. Again, as a musician respect their National Anthem by he established a pleasing synthesis standing in attention. What else would between classical and light music, the dead soul requires to be joyous, if at Rabidra Sangeet will enjoy eternal youth. all we have belief on soul. As a dramatist, he started with verse- Above all he was the first Asian plays and ended with dance drama. He to receive the Noble Prize for English was also an actor. literature in 1913. The writing of Tagore began his poetic career at Gitanjali, written in a foreign language the age of eight and continued it until the was preferred to the writings of even the last day of his eventful life.