Tagore at 151!

Rabindranath Tagore, the poet, playwright, musician, novelist and composer is getting 151 years old on 9th May, 2011. 25th of 'Boishaakh" [a month from bengali calendar] is the birthday of the Noble Prize winner Tagore, the composer of the National Anthem of India. 
Rabindranath was a source of inspiration and motivation for the Indians during the British rule. In a quest for educating the Indians and making them aware of their independence, he founded the Vishwa Bharati University.
Shantiniketan in West Bengal happens to be Tagore's place for imparting knowledge. Tagore started writing poems from a tender age of eight. Rabindranath modernized Bengali literature by breaking the rigid classical forms of writing. His lyrics and literature seem to be a part of the modern world even today. It seems that Tagore has written his observations standing in the present century. His writings directly spoke about personal life and politics.  Tagore was perhaps the only litterateur who penned anthems of two countries - Jana Gana Mana, the Indian national anthem and Amar Shonar Bangla, the Bangladeshi national anthem.

Kolkata at present is getting ready to celebrate Tagore's 151st birthday. This is a snap showing preparations being made for 9th May near the Rabindra Sadan area for public performances of Tagore's songs and plays.