Festival honours literary greats Tagore, Bhanja

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 15:08

Literary greats Upendra Bhanja and Rabindra Nath Tagore were honoured with a music and dance festival, which had performances by Odissi dancers Chandana Raul and Minakhi Behera.

Tagore`s bust unveiled at Buddhist temple in Indonesia

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 17:07

The bust of Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore was unveiled on Monday at Indonesia`s Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist complex in the world dating back to the 9th century.

Rabindranath Tagore paintings begin tour of India

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 09:37

Rabindranath Tagore entered the world of visual imagery, drifting from words to images, only when he turned 64.

Tagore`s `Dakghar` finds relevance in mute children

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 16:17

Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore`s play ‘Dakghar’ is open to multiple interpretations by different segments of actors, as showcased by a group of challenged children who gave it a contemporary colour with fusion music, mime and body language acting.

Rabindranath Tagore`s `Dakghar` finds relevance in mute children

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 15:52

At the inauguration of the bi-annual children`s urban theatre festival, ‘Jashn-e-Bachpan’, a group of challenged children gave Rabindranath Tagore`s play a contemporary colour with fusion music, mime and body language acting.

Baul song rechristened as tribute to the Bard

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 08:26

Invoking the `baul` philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, on his sesquicentennial birth anniversary, prolific singers of Bengali including Srikanto Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, Rupankar and elocutionist Bratati Bandyopadhyay have chipped in together for a `tribute` album this puja.

Fake Tagore paintings: College principal suspended, FIR filed

Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012, 16:39

A group of art college students and painters have lodged an FIR with the police seeking action against those who had made and exhibited the counterfeit Tagore paintings.

Bangla delegation presents Tagore replicas to Varsity

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 17:29

A Bangladeshi delegation presented replicas of houseboat `Padma` and a smaller boat `Chopola`, associated with poet Rabindranath Tagore to the RBU.

Replicas of Rabindranath Tagore`s houseboats to be given to Indian varsities

Last Updated: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 09:27

Replicas of two houseboats, which Rabindranath Tagore used during his stay in locales now in Bangladesh, will be handed over to two Indian universities Sep 12, according to Bangladesh Deputy High Commission sources here.

B`desh to hand over replicas of Tagore`s houseboat

Last Updated: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 13:19

The famous houseboat was extensively used by poet Rabindranath Tagore to inspect his family estate and to pen some of his works.

Troupe from Tripura, Manipur to perform in Germany

Last Updated: Friday, September 7, 2012, 09:25

A troupe from India`s two northeastern states - Tripura and Manipur - will perform in Germany to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between that country and India, an official said here Wednesday.

Exhibition displays Rabindranath Tagore`s love for nature

Last Updated: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 12:30

The Ganges had become polluted and shackled in Kolkata because the river had not been treated like a companion or friend but more like a slave, felt Nobel Laureate poet, author and thinker Rabindranath Tagore.