Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171677576
Description
This translation by Surendranath Tagore is an autobiographical account of the first twenty-seven formative years of Tagore’s life. W B Yeats called it a rich and most valuable work.
Written with wit, wisdom and more than a little self-mockery, it gives a unique and enduring insight into his life.
Born into a brilliant and highly aristocratic family, Tagore was the most dazzling instance of the benefits of the cultural collision between the Bengal Renaissance and the high noon of the British Empire, as evidenced by his deep appreciation and grasp of Bengali and English literature, classical music, Irish songs etc., acquired within the first two decades of his life.
Contents
Preamble
Teaching Begins
Within and Without
Servocracy
The Normal School
Versification
Diverse Lessons
My First Outing
Practising Poetry
Srikantha Babu
Our Bengali Course Ends
The Professor
My Father
A Journey with My Father
In the Himalayas
My Return
Home Studies
My Home Environment
Literary Companions
Publication
Bhanu Singh
Patriotism
Bharati
Ahmedabad
England
Loken Palit
The Broken Heart
European Music
Valmiki Pratibha
Evening Songs
An Essay on Music
The Riverside
More about Evening Songs
Morning Songs
Rajendra Lal Mitra
Karwar
Natures’ Revenge
Pictures and Songs
An Intervening Period
Bankim Chandra
The Steamer Hulk
Bereavements
The Rains and the Autumn
Sharps and Flats