Tagore's Life and Legancy
Rabindranath Tagore, also known as Gurudev, was a prominent Indian poet, philosopher, musician, artist, and playwright. He was born on May 7, 1861, in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), British India, into a wealthy and culturally influential family. Tagore was the youngest of thirteen children and was brought up in an intellectually stimulating environment. Tagore's early education was mostly home-based, where he received lessons in a wide range of subjects, including literature, music, philosophy, and languages. He showed a passion for poetry from a young age and composed his first poem at the age of eight. As he grew older, Tagore attended several schools in Kolkata and eventually enrolled at University College London but returned to India without completing his studies. In 1901, Tagore founded a school called Shantiniketan (later expanded into Visva-Bharati University) in rural West Bengal. The institution aimed to combine the best of Indian and Western education systems and fost...