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Glimpses of Bengal

Rabindranath Tagore

Book Overview: 

The book is a selection of letters written by Tagore, in various places in Bengal, India.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .laying with the boys for want of other companions, but she clearly viewed with disfavour these loud and strenuous games. At last she stepped up to the mast and, without a word, deliberately sat on it.

So rare a game to come to so abrupt a stop! Some of the players seemed to resign themselves to giving it up as a bad job; and retiring a little way off, they sulkily glared at the girl in her impassive gravity. One made as if he would push her off, but even this did not disturb the careless ease of her pose. The eldest lad came up to her and pointed to other equally suitable places for taking a rest; at which she energetically shook her head, and putting her hands in her lap, steadied herself down still more firmly on her seat. Then at last they had recourse to physical argument and were completely successful.

Once again joyful shouts rent the skies, and the mast rolled along so gloriously that even the girl had to cast aside her p. . . Read More

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Privileged Zamindar floats around Bengal by private boat, presumably collecting rent and taxes up and down the Padma, seeing his country with foreign eyes, all the while dreaming of making his mark on the literary world. He did eventually make his mark, but at this stage when he is still in his earl

Through these letters written over a decade, an eloquent Tagore observes nature with its minute details making him ponder over deeper meanings of life and universe. Reflections on random thoughts and incidents shed light on the philosophical side of the bard, then an aimless wanderer in his late twe

جميل جميل جميل، أشبع جوعي للشعر!

"I usually pace the roof-terrace, alone, of an evening. Yesterday afternoon I felt it my duty to show my visitors the beauties of the local scenery, so I strolled out with them, taking Aghore as a guide.
On the verge of the horizon, where the distant fringe of trees was blue, a thin line of dark blue

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