After completing his 11th visit to abroad (Europe and America), from 26th March 1930 to 31st Jan 1931, Rabindranath came back to Santiniketan in Feb 1931. He again started writing songs. He wrote in a letter,
" Now I am immersed in writing songs - my mind is bathing with the tunes of the lyrics like an insane. For the time being I could stop the passion of drawing pictures as well as writing poems.I am faced with surplas of wives but it becomes difficult for me to manage all of them at a time." With all these songs he compiled in a book, " Nabin" and staged the dance drama on Dolpurnima. On 16th March a "jujutsu" was shown in the theater hall, of New Empire hall.and Nabin was staged on the same hall on 17,18,19, and 22 March.
He wrote 34 songs within 15 days of March and 30 days of April. He then passed a few days in the house of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis and returned to Santiniketan at the end of the Bengali year.
He had done meditation on the 1st Baishakh in the temple of Santiniketan.
On 25th Baishakh, the birth day of the poet, he delivered a lecture , " I possess an introduction of my own, that is, I am a poet. I am not a spiritual guide or a political leader.I am a messenger of strnge. My duty is to express outside what I perceive in my heart."
He published " Russiar Chithi" and dedicated it on the occasion of marriage ceremony.of Surendranath Kar, the painter.
He passed his days in Darjeeling for 15days in the month of May and 30 days in the month of June.He sent a poetry to the prisoners of the fort of Bauxer who celebrated the birth day of Rabindranath. He met Nazrul, Manmatha Roy and Akhil Niyogi.
He came back to Santiniketan and wrote an essay on "Hindu and Muslim". He enunciated the strained relation between the two communities and prescribed the remedy for its recovery.
He went to Bhopal for financial help to Santiniketan and came back unsuccessfully.
He was awarded a title of "Sovereign Poet" by the College of Sanskrit.
On Sept 1931, the poet delivered lecture in the open Maidan at the foot of the Monument condemning the murder of two prisoners in Hijli Jail.
He published two vo;lumes of Gitabitan containing 1128 songs.
At the request of Prafulla Chandra Roy, he wrote an essay on " The weavers of Bengal"..
The poet wrote a short story in the form of verse in English while he was in Germany named "The Child". he wrote in a new form of the same theme and gave its name to be " Sishu Tirtha". In Sept 1931, he staged "Sishu tirtha" in the form of a dumb show for two days in a professional stage with songs. He presented this show with national and international dances which became more interesting. The poet himself recited all the poems and the artists represented those poems by dances..
The poet returned to calcutta . This time the residents of Calcutta observed the Poet's 70th birth day for seven days and dedicated in his name a souvenir named " The Golden book of Tagore." which they gifted him.
" Now I am immersed in writing songs - my mind is bathing with the tunes of the lyrics like an insane. For the time being I could stop the passion of drawing pictures as well as writing poems.I am faced with surplas of wives but it becomes difficult for me to manage all of them at a time." With all these songs he compiled in a book, " Nabin" and staged the dance drama on Dolpurnima. On 16th March a "jujutsu" was shown in the theater hall, of New Empire hall.and Nabin was staged on the same hall on 17,18,19, and 22 March.
He wrote 34 songs within 15 days of March and 30 days of April. He then passed a few days in the house of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis and returned to Santiniketan at the end of the Bengali year.
He had done meditation on the 1st Baishakh in the temple of Santiniketan.
On 25th Baishakh, the birth day of the poet, he delivered a lecture , " I possess an introduction of my own, that is, I am a poet. I am not a spiritual guide or a political leader.I am a messenger of strnge. My duty is to express outside what I perceive in my heart."
He published " Russiar Chithi" and dedicated it on the occasion of marriage ceremony.of Surendranath Kar, the painter.
He passed his days in Darjeeling for 15days in the month of May and 30 days in the month of June.He sent a poetry to the prisoners of the fort of Bauxer who celebrated the birth day of Rabindranath. He met Nazrul, Manmatha Roy and Akhil Niyogi.
He came back to Santiniketan and wrote an essay on "Hindu and Muslim". He enunciated the strained relation between the two communities and prescribed the remedy for its recovery.
He went to Bhopal for financial help to Santiniketan and came back unsuccessfully.
He was awarded a title of "Sovereign Poet" by the College of Sanskrit.
On Sept 1931, the poet delivered lecture in the open Maidan at the foot of the Monument condemning the murder of two prisoners in Hijli Jail.
He published two vo;lumes of Gitabitan containing 1128 songs.
At the request of Prafulla Chandra Roy, he wrote an essay on " The weavers of Bengal"..
The poet wrote a short story in the form of verse in English while he was in Germany named "The Child". he wrote in a new form of the same theme and gave its name to be " Sishu Tirtha". In Sept 1931, he staged "Sishu tirtha" in the form of a dumb show for two days in a professional stage with songs. He presented this show with national and international dances which became more interesting. The poet himself recited all the poems and the artists represented those poems by dances..
The poet returned to calcutta . This time the residents of Calcutta observed the Poet's 70th birth day for seven days and dedicated in his name a souvenir named " The Golden book of Tagore." which they gifted him.
