Remembering Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was the best author in Indian writing; a Bengali writer, author, instructor, Nobel Laureate for Literature [1913]. He was awarded a knighthood in 1915, yet he surrendered it in 1919 in dissent against the Massacre of Amritsar, where British troops executed 400 Indian demonstrators.

Rabindranath Tagore’s 74th demise commemoration was on August 7. He was born on 7 May. [1861-1941]

I recall reading his novel ‘Gora’. Gora is more than a novel; it is an epic of India on the move at a critical time of present-day history, when the social conscience and intellectual awareness of the new intellectuals were in the throes of a great stirring. It is an examination, of complex  Indian social existence, with its abounding disagreements, or of the character of Indian patriotism, which draws its roots from re-developing Hinduism and extends its arms towards all-inclusive humanism.

Tagore is a splendid writer as he puts the reader before issues of India. Everything, even the characters, has a reason, an obscure significance. Gora is a masterpiece and cherished jewel in Bengali Literature. The excellent novel inspects the social life amid The British period in India. It is a mind-boggling story of religion, adoration, patriotism and conviction.

I additionally can’t overlook these motivating lines from his poems

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake 

Endless Time

Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.

There is none to count thy minutes.

 

Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.

Thou knowest how to wait.

 

Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.

 

We have no time to lose,

and having no time we must scramble for a chance.

We are too poor to be late.

 

And thus it is that time goes by

while I give it to every querulous man who claims it,

and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.

 

At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut;

but I find that yet there is time.

*/The above post is a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary /*

WPC-Beneath my feet

The ground beneath my feet as I am on my way to Billing, Himachal Pradesh.

This is from where I stand and see the valley beneath my feet. This is the topmost point in Billing, Himachal Pradesh.

A paraglider glides into the valley at Billing which is a ‘paragliders’ Paradise’.

*/This post is inspired by WPC Beneath Your Feet /*

Daily Inspiration

Finding daily inspiration is the best way to stay motivated and achieve your goals. Whether it is to find inspiration every morning during coffee or every night before going to sleep. Books help to boost my creativity and find encouragement every day.

Nature as inspiration to solve problems.

“… and in her starry shade 

Of dim and solitary loveliness, 

I learn’d the language of another world.”

— Lord Byron

“In a world filled with doubt

step into a garden

to know

Divine Intervention

exists.”

— Mary Maude Daniels

Rain (pixabay.com)
Rain
(pixabay.com)

“Let the rain kiss you.”

— Langston Hughes

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.”

— Charles Dickens

Trees are the Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

This post was inspired by Weekly Photo Challenge Inspiration

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Words of wisdom

Everything changes, it’s an unavoidable truth.We all have things that come along that are different and new. Some of us can handle transitions better than others. Getting used to things that are unfamiliar is a real challenge for many. Being open-minded can help us adjust to things that come along in life. Nothing remains the same for too long. An idea, a revolution, a communal desire to see change can make some uncomfortable which presents a whole other set of issues. The one thing we have to do in our life is to keep our cool and hopefully have an open mind to doing something we aren’t used to doing.

So if you are going through a lot of change, know others have been down the same road as you. It will be alright. Have faith in your own abilities to adapt to the new. We all have changes ahead that we have to cope with. Keep the faith and things will be fine.

*/This post was inspired by someone, I know, who is going through this change.*/