The profound questions he raised and provoked 100 years ago about China and its people during his tumultuous visit may be even more relevant today than ever before.
Mainstream
Mainstream, VOL LIX No 1, New Delhi, December 19, 2020
Rabindranath Tagore’s Work and Vision under Peril: Need to Preserve and Protect Visva - Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose
Saturday 19 December 2020, by Aurobindo Ghose
In 1940, a year before he died, Rabindranath Tagore placed a letter in Mahatma Gandhi’s hand. The letter said: Visva-Bharati is like a vessel which is carrying the cargo of my life’s best treasure, and I hope it may claim special care from my countrymen for its preservation”.
A century after being founded in 1921, Tagore’s life’s treasure - the Visva-Bharati University - may now be in peril. Far from being preserved, that vessel - which will have its centenary celebration this December - is rocking.