A basic fact is that, like all other great writers’ works, Rabindranath’s oeuvre is an organic whole and all its component parts are closely interwoven. Besides, every work of Rabindranath is multi-layered, and has something to offer to anyone who, however, may not be in full agreement with all the underlying ideas. A blind old man once came to Rabindranath to express his gratitude. In his book The Illegitimacy of Nationalism: Rabindranath Tagore and the Politics of Self (1994), Ashish Nandy shed light on how Rabindranath questioned nationalism in its heyday. In the summer of 1940, young Abul Hussainand his friend Akbar Kabir visited an ailing Rabindranath at Kalimpong.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 15, 2018 11:03 UTC