Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Birth Day of Rabindranath celebrated at Urbana, USA

"Prior to the era of Bangbhanga (1905) Rabindranth always spoke of internationalism in the perspective of nationalism but after going to Europe and America he tried to find the national problems at the background of internationalism" - commented Prasanta Kumar Paul, Author of "Rabijibani".
On 8th May, 1914, (25th baishakh) Rabindranath had completed 53 years of age.
Urbana, USA, celebrated birth day of Rabindranath on 6th May evening.
"COSMOPOLITAN CLUB TO HONOUR TAGORE TONIGHT/Celebrate birthday Anniversary in Marrow Hall at 6.40 - Dr.Boyer will read from Tagore." - enclosing this headline of an unknown local news paper, Sm Seymour wrote to Rabindranath;
"Our little Circle has met tonight yto commemorate their Poet's birthday and to send him their cordial greetings ....After the public meeting, the Circle met and each recited a favourite poem while Mr. Barman and Mr. Seymour sang Bengali songs from the book on Indian Music."The book mentioned here was The Music of Hindoostan  written by Fox Strangways. In this book there are original many Rabindrasangeet withh staff notation. Somendrachandra Devbarma spoke on Rabindrajibani and Bankim Chandra Roy on Brahmacharyashram.
Rabindranath along with Pratima Devi, Mira, Devi, won-in-law Nagendranath and two servants went to the garden house at the hill side of Ramgarh. Rathindranath in 1912 had purchased a garden house with a Bunglow at Ramgarh near Nainital. Rabindranath wrote to Andrews,;
" I am starting for Ramgarh tonight. Last night I came to Bolpur to make arrangements for some new buildings . I will join our party at Burdwan.
In 1903 when he had came to Almorah with Renuka for recovery he took the help of Lala Badriprasad Shah for getting accomodation for him. This time also he took some preliminary help from him and sent Rs, 300.00 for meeting the expenses.
Usually Rabindranath did not like hill station as hiily areas obstruct his long distance view. But this time he liked itt. He wrote to Andrews on 14th May;
"Here I feel that I have come to the place that I needed most in all the world... to-day I am already bending my knees to Father Himalaya asking pardon for keeping aloof for so long in blind distrust.
The hills all around seem to me like an emarald vessel brimming over with peace and sunshine. The solitude is like a flower spreading its petals of beauty and keeping its honey of wisdom at the core of its heart. My life is full. It is no longer broken and fragmentary.
To express his heart full joy, he wrote the song, "Ei labhinu sanga taba, sundar,he, sundara".