Happy birthday Rabindranath Tagore

 

Last year my school said to dress up as someone great. I did not know who to dress up as. Then I dressed up as Rabindranath Tagore. That time I did not know who he was but I learnt a lot about him.

Since today is his birthday let me tell you what I learnt.

Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1865. He Has composed the National Anthem of India and Bangladesh. He  was the first non-european to win a Nobel prize in literature and the 2nd non-european to win any Nobel prize.

Despite his greatness, he had a sad childhood. His mother died early into his life and he was mostly raised by servants and was 1 of 13 surviving children.

He has written many poems and many stories although I have not read all of them. I am sure they are interesting.

One book I really love by him is Kabuliwala. It is a book about a little girl who is very friendly with a Kabuliwala. She thinks inside his sack are kidnapped children but then understands that he is nice. 

I think every child should read his books because this is what shaped up modern books. 

Here is my favorite poem from him:

Where the mind is without fear..

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

By narrow domestic walls;

Where words come out from the depth of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action—

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.