Redeeming The Nexus of The Times:Tagore’s Birth Anniversary Contexts

Abstract

This year being the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, its celebrations should inevitably unleash a variety of activities. One cannot rule out few mundane overtones on Tagore, which may not be even within miles of recapturing Tagore innovatively. Tagore’s legacy being invariably overwhelming, of course in qualitative terms, any centennial remembrance of Tagore ought to bring to the fore the evolving nexus with times. Contemporaneity, whatever be the period, has a compelling dimension in seeking ideas for which Tagore might have given some glimpses. As is wellknown, having dwelt on ‘crisis in civilization’, he could not possibly foresee the fetishes, one makes about ‘clash of civilization s’ nowdays. To him, culture has an overriding edge despite several disquieting impediments. Even today, facets of the culture, keep on emanating.