Paying glowing tributes to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the eve of his 163rd birth anniversary yesterday, Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin said that Rabindra literature was our main resort against Pakistani culture and his songs were the driving force of the struggle in the Great Liberation War of Bangladesh. The president said Rabindranath Tagore, the bright star of Bengali literature, is a wonderful talent in the literary arena, he brought Bengali literature to the world in all its glory.
Rabindranath, who was simultaneously a poet, novelist, storywriter, lyricist, and essayist, has no branch of literature in which he did not roam, he added. Togore’s songs, literature, and work ethic have constantly inspired the people of Bangladesh, Shahabuddin said. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said Bengali poetry, songs, short stories, novels, essays, and dramas, Giti Nattyo and Nrittyo Nattyo, have found completeness in Rabindranath Tagore’s magical hands.
With these creations, Bengali literature has taken place in the world assembly, she said, adding that Tagore was the first Bengali poet and also the first Asian to win the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature. Being inspired by Tagore’s ‘Sonar Bangla’ spirit, Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, took the pledge to make Sonar Bangla independent and subsequently presented the Bengali people with an independent and sovereign Bangladesh, she said.
The Bangladesh government has drawn up an elaborate programme to celebrate the birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore across the country on Wednesday, May 8th. On the 25th of Baishakh in the 1268 Bengali year, Rabindranath Tagore, the fountainhead of Bengali wisdom, was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata.
