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"There used to hang a human skeleton in the room next to the one where we three childhood friends slept. Its bones would clatter all day and night against the wind. In those days, our parents were determined to make us excel in all subjects. On one hand we were given lessons in The Slaying of...

"When she was born to her parents after five sons, they fondly named her Nirupama. Such a fancy name was unheard of in this family. Only names of Gods were common—Ganesh, Kartik, Parvati, and so on. Talks of Nirupama's marriage were on. Her father Ramsundar Mitra was frantically searching for...

"এই গল্পটি রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর লিখেছিলেন ১৮৯১ সালে। এক নতুন পোস্টমাস্টার আসে বাংলার এক ছোট্ট গ্রামে. শহর থেকে আশা...

"Kantichandra was a young man. After the death of his wife, he turned all his attention to the hunting of birds and animals. And not on looking for a second spouse. He had a tall, lean, and firm frame. A sharp sight, an unfailing tip. And he dressed like the westerners. Wherever he travelled, he...

ദേശീയതയും അന്തർദേശീയതയും ഹൈന്ദവതയും അതിഹൈന്ദവതയും മതവിശ്വാസവും മതതീവ്രതയും വ്യക്തിജീവിതവും സാമൂഹിക...

"My five-year-old daughter Mini couldn't spend even one moment without talking. After her birth, she spent only one year in learning the language. And since then, she never kept quiet. Each of her wakeful moment she spent in talking. Often her mother would scold her to keep quiet. But I could...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. More than a century later, his stories still feel startlingly alive. In Selected Short Stories, one of the world's great literary voices turns his clear, compassionate...

Dive into the profound insights of Rabindranath Tagore, a luminary of Bengali literature and Asia’s first Nobel laureate. In Sadhana, a captivating collection of essays originally presented at Harvard University, Tagore explores the richness of Indian beliefs, philosophy, and culture. He artfully juxtaposes these ideas with Western thought, offering readers a unique perspective that transcends cultural boundaries. Join us on this enlightening journey through Tagores visionary mind. (Summary by Peter Yearsley/Wikipedia)

Dive into a thought-provoking collection of essays exploring the Hindu and Buddhist perspectives on humanitys role in the cosmos. As the author eloquently states in the introduction, this work invites Western readers to connect with the timeless spirit of India, as expressed in sacred texts and reflected in contemporary life. Most essays were originally presented as lectures at Harvard University in 1916 or earlier, offering a unique glimpse into profound philosophical insights. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), affectionately known as Gurudev, was a transformative Bengali poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer who profoundly influenced Bengali literature and music during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He made history as Asia’s first Nobel laureate, receiving the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Home and the World, a novel published in 1916, unfolds against the backdrop of the affluent estate of Nikhil, a content nobleman who shares a blissful life with his beautiful wife, Bimala. Their serene existence is disrupted by the arrival of ...

Featuring an exclusively copyrighted and curated collection of Bengali audio stories from a galaxy of Bengal authors–ranging from some literary giants and celebrated luminaries to some promising upcoming pens of the present era, this production presents you with a 'themed audio-drama bundle' covering life stories of women, their life's ups and downs, hopes and aspirations, love and despair and above all their uncompromising struggle for survival. The treasure trove of 13 audio dramas back to back promises an enchanting audio experience of more than 6 & 1/2 hours.

This themed audio boxset bouquet on 'love & humor' presented by 'My StoryGenie' Bengali audiobook series features an exclusively copyrighted and curated collection of Bengali audio stories from a wide spectrum of Bengal authors–ranging from some literary giants and celebrated luminaries to some promising upcoming pens of the present era. The treatise presents you with a 'themed audio-stories bundle' covering the human instincts of love and humor in its varied shades that will oscillate between absolute cerebral ecstasies and lingering taste of blithesome joy and laughter.

Love is a fascinating aspect of human emotions that embalms withered souls with new hope and zest for life. Yet love manifests in myriad shades ranging from caring to conjugal, physical to psychological, empowering to escorting. This treatise accounts for the second volume of such fascinating and confounding attributes over a roller-coaster ride of 16 audio stories that will enthrall your human senses in a journey of close to 8 hours uninterrupted.

"La luna nueva" es una colección de cuentos escritos por Tagore y publicada en 1913, el mismo año en que recibió el Premio Nobel. La obra es considerada una de las mejores obras de la literatura bengalí y presenta una amplia variedad de historias sobre temas como el amor, la naturaleza, la religión y la vida rural. Los cuentos revelan la intensa espiritualidad de Tagore y reflejan su habilidad para capturar la esencia de la vida y la naturaleza humana en sus escritos.

A weaver by trade and a mystic by nature, the 15-century poet Kabir created timeless works of enlightenment that combine the philosophies of Sufism, Hinduism, and the Kabbala. Expressed in imagery drawn from common life and the universal experience, Kabir's poems possess an appealing simplicity. This collection of 100 songs reflects nearly every aspect of the mystic's thought and emotions: ecstasy and despair, tranquil beatitude and fervid illumination, and moments of intimate love.

Compilato e tradotto da Tagore dalle sue lezioni in bengalese, il libro consiste in otto saggi, in cui risponde ad alcune delle domande più profonde della vita: Perché Dio ha creato questo mondo? Perché un Essere Perfetto, invece di rimanere eternamente concentrato in se stesso, si prende la briga di manifestare l'universo? Perché esiste il male? L'amore e la bellezza hanno uno scopo?

"In der Liebe versinken und verlieren sich alle Widersprüche des Lebens. Nur in der Liebe sind Einheit und Zweiheit nicht im Widerspruch." Der preisgekrönte indische Dichter in der deutschen Übersetzung. Ein Werk voller Liebe in all ihren Facetten: Die Bandbreite des Lyrikers Rabindranath Tagore reicht von Verehrung bis Verzweiflung, von romantischen Liedern über Spottgedichte bis hin zu Hymnen und dem romantischen Spätwerk. In diesem Band werden seine schönsten Liebesgedichte vereint und laden zu einer literarischen Reise voller Metaphorik ein.

We are face to face with this great world, and our relations to it are manifold. One of these is the necessity we have to live, to till the soil, to gather food, to clothe ourselves, to get materials from nature. We are always making things that will satisfy our needs, always in touch with this great world through hunger and thirst. Then, we have our mind; and our mind seeks its own food. It must find out reason in things, faced with a multiplicity of facts, and bewildered when it cannot find one unifying principle which simplifies the heterogeneity of things.

De la prosa de Tagore, las obras que se tienen más en consideración son sus cuentos cortos. Se le atribuye la introducción de este género en la literatura bengalí. Sus cuentos cortos están escritos en una prosa rítmica, a menudo incluso poética, y cuya principal temática son las vidas de la gente corriente.

De la prosa de Tagore, las obras que se tienen más en consideración son sus cuentos cortos. Se le atribuye la introducción de este género en la literatura bengalí. Sus “cuentos cortos” están escritos en una prosa rítmica, a menudo incluso poética, y cuya principal temática son las vidas de la gente corriente.