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Caroline Cripps September 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur:  A Multi-faceted Genius – Hindu Samaj Centre Sun. 8th October 3pm-5.30pm

Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur:  A Multi-faceted Genius
– Hindu Samaj Centre
21, Buckenham Street, Sheffield S4 7JQ

Sun. 8th October 3pm-5.30pm – This community event, featuring poem recitations by children, posters, a story, dances, songs and a docu-film (with sub-titles), celebrates the multi-talented genius of Rabindranath Tagore. All are welcome. Tickets: Free, no need to book.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, when his Gitanjali, with its ‘profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse’, was published. Called ‘Gurudev’ or ‘Divine Teacher’, he was a polymath who reshaped Bengali music, language and literature, as well as Indian art and education.

The Programme will be drawn from:
3pm Welcome
National anthems & translations
Recitations by Bal Gokulam children
Dance by children
‘Kabuliwalla’ – Tagore’s famous story retold by Nita Basu Chaudhuri
Songs by Amit Bhaduri & members of Bengali Women’s Support Group
Dance by Shahzad Khan
Dance by Bisakha Sarker MBE
Prof. Bashabi Fraser to introduce a film on Tagore
4pm ‘Images Unbound: the life & times of Rabindranath Tagore’ – Docu-film by Mujibar Rahman
5.35pm Thanks
Tea & samosas
Our Guests of Honour are:
Bisakha Sarker MBE & Bashabi Fraser
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