Rabindranath Tagore Final-1 (2) - 1

Welcome To
The Morning
Assembly
Presented by VII H
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
REACH HIGH, FOR STARS LIE
HIDDEN IN YOU.
DREAM DEEP, FOR EVERY DREAM
PRECEDES THE GOAL.
-RABINDRANATH TAGORE-
THE GRASP OF YOUR
HAND
LET ME NOT PRAY TO BE SHELTERED FROM
DANGERS,
BUT TO BE FEARLESS IN FACING THEM.
LET ME NOT BEG FOR THE STILLING OF MY PAIN,
BUT
FOR THE HEART TO CONQUER IT.
LET ME NOT CRAVE IN ANXIOUS FEAR TO BE SAVED,
BUT HOPE FOR THE PATIENCE TO WIN MY
FREEDOM.
GRANT ME THAT I MAY NOT BE A COWARD, FEELING
YOUR MERCY IN MY SUCCESS ALONE; BUT LET ME
ABOUT RABINDRANATH
• TAGORE
BORN ON MAY 7,1861 IN
JORASANKO, CALCUTTA.
• STUDIED IN UNIVERSITY OF
CALCUTTA.
• LANGUAGE- BENGALI AND
ENGLISH.
• OCCUPATION- POET, SHORT-
STORY WRITER, NOVELIST,
ESSAYIST & PAINTER.
• WON NOBEL PRIZE IN
LITERATURE IN THE
EARLY LIFE
• HE WAS THE 13TH SON OF DEBENDRANATH TAGORE
AND SARADA DEVI.
• HE WAS RAISED MOSTLY BY SERVANTS AS HIS
MOTHER HAD DIED IN HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD AND
HIS FATHER TRAVELLED WIDELY.
• HE DID NOT LIKE TO ATTEND CLASSES.
• HE LEARNED DRAWING, ANATOMY,
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, LITERATURE,
MATHEMATICS, SANSKRIT, AND ENGLISH.
WORKS
• KNOWN MOSTLY FOR HIS POETRY, TAGORE WROTE
NOVELS, ESSAYS, SHORT STORIES, TRAVELOGUES, DRAMAS,
AND THOUSANDS OF SONGS.
• HIS WORKS ARE FREQUENTLY NOTED FOR THEIR
RHYTHMIC, OPTIMISTIC, AND LYRICAL NATURE.
• HIS SHORT STORIES LIKE KABULI WALA, THE POSTMASTER,
AND THE BROKEN NEST ARE FAMOUS ALL AROUND THE
GLOBE.
• HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN MANY DRAMAS LIKE GORA AND
CHOKHAR BALI.
• GITANJALI IS TAGORE'S MOST FAMOUS COLLECTION OF
BOOKS
• गीतांजलि
• रवीन्द्रनाथ ठाकु र की कृ तियाँ
• घर और बाहर
• गोरा
• काबुलीवाला
• आँख की किरकिरी
• डाकघर
• AND MANY MORE…
POEMS
• चित्त जेथा भयशून्य
• दुई बीघा जोमी
• वोके शन
• बीरपुरुष
• JETE NAHI DIBO
• स्ट्रीम ऑफ लाइफ
• THE CHILD
• AND MANY MORE
IN G S
D RAW
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
AND
• MAHATMA OF THE GREATGANDHI JI KARAMCHAND
SOUL -- MOHANDAS
GANDHI WAS BESTOWED WITH THIS TITLE BY NONE OTHER
THAN HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND INTELLECTUAL
ADVERSARY RABINDRANATH TAGORE IN 1915 WHEN THE TWO
DYNAMIC AND EXTREMELY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES OF THE
INDIAN HISTORY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME.
• GANDHI AND TAGORE, THE TWO GREAT LEADERS OF THE
INDIAN HISTORY WERE KNOWN FOR HAVING DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES CONCERNING INDIA'S FUTURE
AND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS, HOWEVER, THESE DIFFERENCES
IN THEIR INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING, WERE NOT STRONG
ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT THE GREAT SENSE OF RESPECT AND
SHANTINIKETAN
• DURING HIS LIFETIME HE CREATED MASTERPIECES
SUCH AS GITANJALI, SADDHANA, THE CRESCENT
MOON. SYNONYMOUS WITH HIS NAME IS ANOTHER
NAME –‘SHANTINIKETAN’.
• HIS FATHER, MAHARISHI DEBENDRANATH,
ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AN ASHRAM AT
SHANTINIKETAN IN 1863.
• RABINDRANATH INSTITUTED A SCHOOL THERE,
WHERE EAST BLENDED WITH THE WEST, WHERE
EDUCATION BECAME A SOURCE OF MENTAL
REFINEMENT AND NOT MERELY TO FOLLOW A CODE
SHANTINIKETAN
• THE SCHOOL LATER BECAME A CENTRAL
UNIVERSITY OF REPUTE KNOWN AS
VISVA-BHARATI. HERE IS AN EXCERPT
FROM THE SONG WRITTEN BY
RABINDRANATH TAGORE, WHICH CAN
PERHAPS ELUCIDATE HOW CLOSE
SHANTINIKETAN WAS TO HIS HEART.
‘SHE IS OUR OWN, THE DARLING, OF OUR HEARTS,
SANTINIKETAN. OUR DREAMS ARE ROCKED IN HER ARMS.
HER FACE IS A FRESH WONDER OF LOVE EVERY TIME WE SEE
HER, FOR SHE IS OUR OWN , THE DARLING OF OUR HEARTS’
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• RABINDRANATH TAGORE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN
LITERATURE IN 1913. HE WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO
WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE.
• BRITISH CROWNED RABINDRANATH TAGORE WITH
KNIGHT TITLE IN 1915.BUT AFTER THE INCIDENT OF
JALLIANWALA BAGH RABINDRANATH TAGORE
REFUSED TO KEEP THE KNIGHT TITLE FURTHER IN
1919 TO PROTEST THE TERROR.
• IN 1930 PAINTINGS OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
WERE EXHIBITED IN PARIS AND LODON.
• INDIAN POSTAGE DEPARTMENT SHOWED THEIR
TRIBUTE TO RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON 7TH MAY
1961 WHEN A STAMP WAS RELEASED IN THE NAME
OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE.
INTERESTING FACTS
• RABINDRANATH TAGORE WASN’T JUST THE FIRST ASIAN TO WIN
A NOBEL PRIZE, BUT ALSO THE FIRST NON-EUROPEAN TO MARK
HIS PROMINENCE IN LITERATURE.
• MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT TAGORE WROTE 2 NATIONAL
ANTHEMS. “JANA GANA MANA” FOR INDIA AND “AMAR SONAR
BANGLA” FOR BANGLADESH. WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IS
THAT HE ALSO INSPIRED THE SRI LANKAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
“SRI LANKA MATHA”. SOME EVEN HOLD A VIEW THAT TAGORE
COMPOSED THE ANTHEM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
• RABINDRANATH TAGORE INVESTED HIS NOBEL PRIZE MONEY IN
CONSTRUCTING THE “VISVA-BHARATI” SCHOOL IN
SHANTINIKETAN. THE SCHOOL RAN ON THE SHANTINIKETAN
EDUCATION SYSTEM AND GAVE THE NATION MANY
DISTINGUISHED PERSONALITIES, AMARTYA SEN, SATYAJIT RAY,
AND INDIRA GANDHI TO NAME A FEW OUT OF MANY OTHERS.
• THE PREFACE OF TAGORE’S
MOST ACCLAIMED WORK,
GITANJALI, WAS WRITTEN BY
ANOTHER GREATEST POET OF
THE 20TH CENTURY, W.B.
YEATS
• IN 2004, TAGORE’S NOBEL
PRIZE MEDAL WAS STOLEN IN
A THEFT AT SHANTINIKETAN.
THE SWEDISH ACADEMY GAVE
HIM THE AWARD AGAIN IN
THE FORM OF TWO REPLICAS,
A GOLD AND A SILVER.
QUIZ TIME
WHICH AWARD DID
RABINDRANATH WIN IN 1913?
- THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

WHY DID TAGORE RENOUNCE
HIS KNIGHTHOOD?
- HE RENOUNCED HIS KNIGHTHOOD
BECAUSE OF THE JALLIANWALA
BAGH TRAGEDY
WHERE AND WHEN WAS
RABINDRANATH TAGORE BORN
- ON MAY 7,1861 IN JORASANKO,

CALCUTTA
WHICH NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS
INSPIRED BY RABINDRANATH
TAGORE?
- THE SRI LANKAN NATIONAL ANTHEM “SRI

LANKA MATHA”
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE
SCHOOL FOUNDED BY TAGORE?
- VISVA-BHARATI SCHOOL
NATIONAL NEWS- NCP CHIEF SHARAD PAWAR TO MEET PREZ KOVIND ON
DEC 9 OVER FARMERS’ PROTEST.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS- JAPAN, FRANCE, US PLAN THEIR 1ST JOINT

MILITARY DRILLS IN MAY.
SPORTS NEWS- JEHAN DARUVALA CREATES HISTORY, BECOMES FIRST

INDIAN TO WIN FORMULA 2 RACE.
CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATIONS
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Comparing : Arav and Bhavya
Thought : Harshita and Aditya
Poem : Dhruvica
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Harshita , Shambhvi , Aditya ,
Dhruvica
Quiz : Harshita & Aditi
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News : Aditi and Aaradhay
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- THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

- ON MAY 7,1861 IN JORASANKO,

- THE SRI LANKAN NATIONAL ANTHEM “SRI

INTERNATIONAL NEWS- JAPAN, FRANCE, US PLAN THEIR 1ST JOINT

SPORTS NEWS- JEHAN DARUVALA CREATES HISTORY, BECOMES FIRST

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