Friday, March 8, 2013

Rabindranath in America (5th and last)-Art exhibition of Tagore in New York and Boston.

During this time, on Nov 17, The Round Table Conference to discuss about India's self government was held in London. But Gandhiji did not join. Rabindranath Tagore  in a letter to " Spectator" wrote, ' if Gandhiji would join it would have shown Gandhiji's generous attitude."
The poet was greeted in Baltimore Hotel on 25th Nov, 1930. it was an assembly of 500 rich people. no writer or any poet did join it.
He again was greeted in Karnegi Hall
In the meeting in Ritz carlton Hotel, the poet delivered a lecture on "the First and the Last sage Jayathrust and Abdul Baha. Helen Kellar was present on the occasion.
Einstein in a radiogram from the ship greeted Rabindranath Tagore saying," May Tagore work  further with success in the services of our ideals for th union of all nations-Greetings to Tagore.On 7  December the poet met Einstein in a lady sculpture's house.
Exhibition of Paintings of Rabindranath were held in New York and Boston.Ananda Kumaraswami gave the introduction of the art exhibition.
The poet met with the philosopher and historian Will Durant.(William James Durant (November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was a prolific Americanwriter, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which one observer described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy")
Some dance on a few poems of Tagore was staged by Ruth St. Denis. The amount collect was donated to the unemloyed youth of New York by Tagore.
The poet left America on 18th dec 1930 and came to London. on 23rd Dec 1930.