Gitanjali

One of India�s most cherished renaissance figures, RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861�1941) put India on the literary map of the world when Gitanjali was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. A poet�s poet, he is a creator of not only modern Indian literature but also the modern Indian mind and civilization. He was a poet, short-story writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist, painter and composer of songs. Gandhi called him the �Great Sentinel�. His worldwide acclaim as a social, political, religious and aesthetic thinker, innovator in education and a champion of the �One World� idea makes him a living presence.