Book On Rabindranath Tagore

Author Amitav Ghosh's "Gun Island" and Raj Kamal Jha's "The City and the Sea" are among the books contending for this year's Rabindranath Tagore Literary prize, founder of the award, Peter Bundalo announced on Friday.

Canadian author Robin Sharma, known for his book "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari", is in India to promote his latest book. NDTV spoke to the author on what inspires him and makes him a successful author. Rabindranath Tagore and the Taj Mahal are among the people and places that have influenced him, he said

Union Minister of State HRD Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey on Tuesday said the Centre does not have any plans to delete Rabindranath Tagore's writing and works of other personalities from NCERT text books.

"I don't have that much authority on Tagore but yes I have a wonderful surname. It's my heritage and it has opened many doors for me. It's a privilege to be born in such a household. Unfortunately Rabindranath Tagore died three years before I was born so I could not have any direct interaction with him. But I have heard great stories from my mother...

He is revered the world over for his prodigious literary output, including thousands of poems and songs. But what the world will now get to know about Rabindranath Tagore is that through his travels to over 30 countries he became India's peace envoy and outlined a vision of humanism and unity of mankind.

Author Amitav Ghosh's "Gun Island" and Raj Kamal Jha's "The City and the Sea" are among the books contending for this year's Rabindranath Tagore Literary prize, founder of the award, Peter Bundalo announced on Friday.

Canadian author Robin Sharma, known for his book "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari", is in India to promote his latest book. NDTV spoke to the author on what inspires him and makes him a successful author. Rabindranath Tagore and the Taj Mahal are among the people and places that have influenced him, he said

Union Minister of State HRD Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey on Tuesday said the Centre does not have any plans to delete Rabindranath Tagore's writing and works of other personalities from NCERT text books.

"I don't have that much authority on Tagore but yes I have a wonderful surname. It's my heritage and it has opened many doors for me. It's a privilege to be born in such a household. Unfortunately Rabindranath Tagore died three years before I was born so I could not have any direct interaction with him. But I have heard great stories from my mother...

He is revered the world over for his prodigious literary output, including thousands of poems and songs. But what the world will now get to know about Rabindranath Tagore is that through his travels to over 30 countries he became India's peace envoy and outlined a vision of humanism and unity of mankind.