Rabindra Jayanti

Today is a very important day in the hearts of any true bengali. Even though I have spent most of my time outside Bengal, ever since I was a kid, Rabindra Nath Tagore's lyrical songs never failed to stir me. In my opinion, he was the last true geniuses that Bengal has produced. All his songs stir some chord or another in the heart of a Bengali.

It is indeed a pity that Bengal has not yet produced another genius like him, but then, he is truly unique. I think that he was the first asian winner of the Nobel Prize and the source of livelihood to the many exponents of his music.

I was reading the newspapers today and read about a major Bengali Singer who said that he is eternally grateful to Tagore because he earns his living from his renditions of Tagore's Songs.

Having gone to Santiniketan a couple of times, it is one of my great regrets that I didn't spend any time studying there.

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