“I know who visits your dream, Dark One. Say her name. Her smile streaks like lightning through clouds of sleep. Śyāma, she has nothing with which to repay you. Such impatience, bihaṅga! Don’t wake my sleeping Śyāma. And you, moon, pour down your cold milk on the sun’s too early fire.”
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Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned Indian poet, writer, philosopher, and social activist, was born on May 7, 1861, in Calcutta, and passed away on August 7, 1941. Tagore's works blend the influences of traditional Indian literature and Western literature, and his poetry, novels, plays, and essays have won the hearts of readers worldwide. He was the first Asian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and his works have had a profound impact on world literature. more
“I feel a craving for solitude that sometimes makes me feel as if I will die from the longing.”
“Hoti rahengi mulaaqatein tumse Nigaaho se durr ho dil se nahi”