Tagore’s death anniv observed

Staff Reporter :The 75th death anniversary of Poet Rabindranath Tagore was observed across the country with proper dignity and honour on Saturday.Different social and cultural organisations observed the day recalling his contributions to enriching and elevating Bengali in the world literature. They chalked out musicalprogrammes, held discussions and organised seminars to mark the day.Bangla Academy organised a discussion followed by dance programme on its premises.Shilpakala Academy organised a discussion to recall his contribution in the field of arts and culture.Meanwhile, a two-day international conference titled ‘Tagore’s Education and Thoughts’ began at Uttara Lotus Club in the capital on Friday.Uttara University, Bengali Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) and Rabindra Bharati University of India jointly organised the conference.The private and government electronic media telecast special programmes marking the death anniversary of the great poet.Poet Rabindranath Tagore enriched the Bangla language and literature with his sharp talent, merit and scholarship. He composed hundreds of poems, poetry, stories and novels to take the Bangla literature to its pick.For his invaluable contribution in poems, Rabindranath was addressed as Kabiguru.Novels ‘Gora’ and ‘GhoreBaire’ are momentous creations of Tagore.Apart from literature, Kabiguru contributed a lot in science, philosophy, arts, and so on.Rabindranath is the first Bangalee in the world who got Novel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his Geetanjalee.The poet died in 1961 at the age of 80.