Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Rabindranath in England 4th time (contd-8) - 1920

On 9th July rabindranath and Others were invited in a lunch in the house of Rothenstein. Where Dilip Kumar Roy [1897-1980], the son of the dramatist Dwijendra Lal Roy, was present and sung some indian songs.One Hungarian violin player young lady was moved at his songs but excepting Yeats very few listened to his songs.
This was the first time that Yeats and Rabindranath were meeting each other.
On 8th June British Parliament had the debate on General Dyer's attitude in Amritsar where Bomanjee was present He said , the fall of the Government was impending on that moment. Edwin Samuel Mantagu took a bold stand in the Parliament supporting the people of India for which he was congratulated by Rabindranath . Rathindranath wrote in his diary; " Father wrote him [Montagu] a few lines of congratulations.
Rabindranath was invited by Pond again to come to America. He was also invited to go to Holland. As per rule in vogue og Swidish Academy Rabindranath being a Nobel Laureate had to deliver a lecture . The International School for Philosophy of Amersfroot requested him to come . At the same time he was invited by London representative I.I.Brants from The Hague  of the Armsterdom Handelsblad. Many also send  invitation letter and a person named Jose Vigeveno was coming London very soon to talk to Rabindranath.    
Rabindranath wrote to his friend Fredrik van Eeden on 12 July,1920;
"I am looking forward to seeing you during my visit to your countryand will let you know later on when I expect to arrive."
But Brants informed him that it would be better if you come some times in the month of Sept instead of July Aug. He accepted this suggestion.