Tagore's contribution to Indian

Literature
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in
facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to
conquer it.

Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali mystic and artist, was a famous poet, philosopher,
music composer, and Brahma Samaj leader who brought India's culture and history to
the rest of the world and became a voice for Indian heritage. Tagore is most known for
his poetry and short tales, but he also wrote classics like Ghare-Baire, Yogayog,
Gitanjali, and Gitimalya, which he gave to Bengali literature in the late 19th and early
20th centuries. Although he never physically engaged in the Indian Independence
Cause, the author continued to contribute by writing songs and poetry that helped to
galvanise the movement. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature,
making him Asia's first Nobel Laureate. After Bangladesh and India gained
independence, two of his songs, Amar Shonar Bangala and Jana Gana Mana, became
the national anthems of both countries. He was the only person to write the national

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 anthems of two different countries. Apart from that, the poet's biggest contribution to his
nation is the world-renowned Visva-Bharati University, which he founded.

Tagore authored novels, essays, short tales, travelogues, plays, and hundreds of songs
in addition to his poetry. Tagore's short tales are arguably the most well-known of his
work; he is credited with inventing the Bengali-language version of the genre. His music
is known for its rhythmic, cheerful, and lyrical qualities. The lives of ordinary people are
frequently used in such stories. Nonfiction by Tagore dealt with topics like as history,
linguistics, and spirituality. In addition, he published autobiographies. Several volumes
of his travelogues, essays, and lectures were published, including Europe Jatrir Patro
(Letters from Europe) and Manusher Dhormo (The Religion of Man). "Note on the
Nature of Reality," his brief conversation with Einstein, is published as an appendix to
the latter.

Pratibha, Tagore's first drama, was presented at his estate when he was 20 years old.
He authored Visarjan in 1890, which is widely regarded as his best drama. The infant
Amal defies his stuffy and puerile surroundings by "falling asleep," implying his bodily
death, in the drama Dak Ghar (1912). Chaturanga, Shesher Kobita, Char Odhay, and
Noukadubi are among Tagore's eight novels and four novellas. Ghare Baire, a candid
portrayal of Tagore's conflicting feelings, excoriates increasing Indian nationalism,
terrorism, and religious fervour in the Swadeshi movement through the prism of the
idealistic zamindar protagonist Nikhil; it arose from a 1914 attack of melancholy. The
story concludes with Hindu-Muslim riots and Nikhil's death.

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