Russiar Chithi

by Rabindranath Tagore

For a long time Tagore was craving to witness and experience Russia's socialist pattern of society. His long held desire was finally achieved when he was "privileged to witness" the country in 1930. Tagore's excitement about the visit, which he had described as a "pilgrimage," is evident in the letters he wrote from Russia, collected in Russiar Chithi (Letters from Russia). In the letters he had expressed how he was "totally surprised to observe the Russian achievements," and at the same time "overwhelmed to find what they have achieved during these thirteen years after their revolution."

94 pages, Paperback

Published June 9, 2018

About the author

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla.

The complete works of Rabindranath Tagore (রবীন্দ্র রচনাবলী) in the original Bengali are now available at these third-party websites:
http://www.tagoreweb.in/
http://www.rabindra-rachanabali.nltr....

Reviews

[Nahian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful, Deeply Observed Opinion. Conversation between the Korean Boy and the Poet is mostly interesting.