Gitanjali
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The poem "Mind Without Fear" describes a society where the mind is free from fear, knowledge is freely shared, and people are united rather than divided. It envisions a place where thinking and learning are constantly expanding and not limited by habit or narrow walls. The poet hopes his country will awake and progress towards this ideal state of freedom.
Gitanjali
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- 2. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
- 3. Where knowledge is free
- 4. Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls
- 5. Where words come out from the depth of truth
- 6. Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
- 7. Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
- 8. Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action
- 9. Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
- 10. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--- Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
- 11. Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate poet, writer, philosopher was the ambassador of Indian culture to the rest of the world. He is probably the most prominent figure in the cultural world of Indian subcontinent and the first Asian person to be awarded with the Nobel prize. Even though he is mainly known as a poet, his multifaceted talent showered upon different branches of art, such as, novels, short stories, dramas, articles, essays, painting etc. And his songs, popularly known as Rabindrasangeet , have an eternal appeal and is permanently placed in the heart of the Bengalis. Composed Janaganamana in 1911 which later was selected as the national anthem of India. India Society of London published Gitanjali (song offerings) containing 103 translated poems of Tagore. In 13th November of 1913, Indians came to know that the Nobel prize for literature has been awarded to Tagore for Gitanjali . On 26th Decemeber, University of Calcutta conferred on him the honorary degree of "D.Litt.". Received Knighthood in 1915
- 12. Poem compiled from -http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/gitanjali.html -Created by- M.Shailaja