"25th Baisakh ….. Birthday of KABI GURU RABINDRANATH TAGORE"

[Farhana Helal Mehtab]

"25th Baisakh …..  Birthday of KABI GURU RABINDRANATH TAGORE"

Today is the birthday of Kobi Guru. I was enjoying my collections of Rabindranath in the morning …. Including all the precious pieces of him, I’ve a treasured memory of his 150 years’ birthday celebration. It was in 2011, Dhaka University organized “Robindra Bitorko Utshob” …. I was honored to be a judge in the final round. It was my entire pleasure to be the part of that “Robindra Bitorko Utshob”. From the hall decoration to debate topic …. from songs to soul touching reception of the debaters & DU teachers ….. I enjoyed everything! One of the organizers said, “Ma’am red rose is the symbol of love, we have tried to spread that in TSC auditorium today.” In fact the hall room was “ Shes biker godhuli’r lal avay makha”! I’ll cherish that Rabindra debate festival for a long time.





Paying tribute to Rabindranath Tagore (8 May 1861-6 August 1941) on his 152nd birth anniversary through sharing a recently launched website http://bichitra.jdvu.ac.in/ which reportedly contains almost complete works of Tagore. Thanks to the School of Cultural Texts an records, Jadavpur University, India for their noble initiative of online compilation of Tagore's Variorum.

[Shamim Ansary]

[Farhana Helal Mehtab]

A Glistening Drop of Dew

    Bohu din dhore, bohu krosh dure,
    bohu byay kori, bohu desh ghure,
    Dekhite giyachhi parbotmala, dekhite giyachhi sindhu,
    Dekha hoy nai chokkhu meliya,
    Ghar hote shudhu dui pa feliya,
    Ekti dhaner shisher upore ekti shishir bindu.

    (Trans: I traveled miles, for many a year,
    I spent a lot in lands afar,
    I’ve gone to see the mountains, the oceans I’ve been to view.
    But I haven’t seen with these eyes
    Just two steps from my home lies
    On a sheaf of paddy grain, a glistening drop of dew.)

Dear Shamim Ansary, thanks for uploading picture of one of my fav' poems of Rabindranath. And I must appreciate the color combination of the photo, the drops of dew! Thanks to those unknown persons who are making this kind  of thousands posters & giving us peaceful feelings.

[Ferdousi Begum]

বিংশ শতাব্দীর বাঙালি সংস্কৃতিতে রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের প্রভাব অত্যন্ত ব্যাপক। রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর: একটি নাম। কবি, ঔপন্যাসিক, সংগীতস্রষ্টা, নাট্যকার, চিত্রকর, ছোটগল্পকার, প্রাবন্ধিক, অভিনেতা, কণ্ঠশিল্পী, দার্শনিক কি নন তিনি!!! রবীন্দ্রনাথ তাঁর "তোতা-কাহিনী" গল্পে বিদ্যালয়ের মুখস্ত-সর্বস্ব শিক্ষাকে  তীব্রভাবে আক্রমণ করেন। এই গল্পে রবীন্দ্রনাথ দেখিয়েছিলেন, দেশের ছাত্রসমাজকে খাঁচাবদ্ধ পাখিটির মতো শুকনো বিদ্যা গিলিয়ে কিভাবে তাদের বৌদ্ধিক মৃত্যুর পথে ঠেলে দেওয়া হচ্ছে। তবে আমার সবচেয়ে ভাল লেগেছে “গোরা”। এ সময়ে ভীষণ প্রাসঙ্গিক

[Farhana Helal Mehtab]

Ferdousi, my all time favorite character is 'Labonno' of 'Shesher Kobita'. And  I got this book from my school when I stood first in class 6 Annual Examination but my mother told me, "If you really want to understand each & every single line of 'Shesher Kobita' then read it later on." I controlled my temptation .... I listened to my mother. But within that time I watched BTV drama 'Shesher Kobita'. That was the best production in 80's. Then in class 9, I read that first, liked it so much. And  fortunately, in class 11, in College reading activities of Bisaw Sahitto Kendro, Abdullah Abu Sayeed sir taught us 'Shesher Kobita'! I just loved it! I was so touched by sir's lecture. And Labonno became my favorite character.

Please clicked on the link which I provided in my write up "25th Baisakh …..  Birthday of KABI GURU RABINDRANATH TAGORE". Its simply an amazing work on Tagore.

[Ferdousi Begum]

Dear Ma'am, when I was in college, my ma'am Sultana Rajia first provided me the whole Rabindranath. I am grateful to her. I taught from her a lot of things. Basically one of my aunts who has finished her academic career at class-8 provided me out of text books. She reads a lot though could not be able to finish her school final and from her I had found my thirst for out of text books. http://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/1 this is the link that has been provided by our Sir Gobinda Mandal of DU which I have followed generally to read Rabindranath in online. Your link is also useful. Thanks.