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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... SHANTINIKETAN W. W. PEARSON The author of the story that follows was so intimately connected with the life of Rabindranath Tagore's school at Shantiniketan, Bolpur, that in order to understand the spirit of the story which was written for the boys of the ashram and was told them as they sat under the trees in the moonlight, a short account of the School itself seems a fitting introduction. As our first impressions of a place are often the truest I will begin by an account of my first visit to Bolpur in 1912. Bolpur is situated about a hundred miles from Calcutta so that the School is remote from the distractions of town life, and yet within easy reach of the stimulating activities of an intellectual centre. When I arrived at the station it was just sunset, the time picturesquely called in Bengal, the "cow dust" time, for it is then that the cattle are driven from the fields, and the sun sets behind a golden mist raised by the cows as they slowly make their way across the dusty fields. I was met by one of the masters and four of the older boys who took all my luggage from the carriage and carried it to the cart which was waiting outside the station. They welcomed me very warmly because I had just returned from England, where I had seen their Guru, and as we drove slowly along in the bullock cart our talk was chiefly about him. As we approached the School, which stands on high ground, so that the lights shine out over the surrounding country, one or two remarks, such as "That is one of his favourite walks" and "Under those trees he often walks on moonlight nights," gave me the feeling that I was a pilgrim visiting the shrine of a saint rather than a visitor to a School. We became silent then, and no one spoke again till we reached the...
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Rabindranath Tagore (1861 1941), is to the Indian subcontinent what Shakespeare is to the English-speaking world. A poet, playwright, painter, and educator, Tagore was also a mystic of great complexity and depth. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230238859
- ISBN 13 9781230238852
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages18
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