Tagore, the awakening voice in Indian renaissance

Tagore was an Awakening Voice in the Indian Renaissance. He founded Shanatiniketan an educational Institution known as the Abode of Peace. Modelled on the ancient Ashrama style, Shantiniketan through the years developed into Vishwa Bharati, a Universal Global Consciousness.

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Encounters

Raymond Williams through Sri Lankan eyes

[Part 7]

Last week, I discussed the ways in which Raymond Williams sought to examine and assess the novel as a form of artistic and social communication. I paid close attention to his privileged concept of the knowable community. While explaining the dominant features of Williams’ approach to the novel,

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Cultural scene

Building a nation thro’ political activism

In this week’s column, we examine how Tagore and his work contributed to the construction of nation. Although it seems cynical to assume that Rabindranath Tagore’s enduring literary and artistic legacy alone contributed to the robust Indian culture in the postcolonial state,

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