Krishna Kripalani, the author of "The Biography of Tagore", is a famous Indian literary critic, an expert on Tagore's works, and Tagore's grandson-in-law. Below I have compiled my thoughts after reading "The Biography of Rabindranath Tagore" for everyone. You are welcome to read it. After reading "The Biography of Rabindranath Tagore" 1
Tagore is a famous Indian poet. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his religious lyric poem "Gitanjali" and was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. . The world regards him as famous as Kahlil Gibran and calls him "the two giants who bridge the cultural bridge between the East and the West."
The collection of flying birds contains short poems, most of which are just a few sentences. But it is forged by the poet's fiery soul. Every sentence is to the point, always giving people profound inspiration and influence. They are short and concise, and that is why they can travel freely in the poet's thoughts. Then through the books, it reaches the reader's thoughts and gallops freely, breaks the deadlock, breaks through all obstacles, and washes away all the darkness. Let all the sleeping things wake up, and let all the confused people be reborn.
Everywhere the poet sees, he can extract the essence and transform it into the truth in the world. In the eyes of the poet, all things have souls, and the poet talks to them with his heart. Then describe it in concise language, directly hitting the truth, goodness and beauty, and sublimating our souls. Nothing is more flexible and sensitive than the poet's language. The poet brings the combination of matter and soul to the extreme, just like two parallel lines, corresponding one to one.
The poet is like God, correcting your mistakes, pointing out the bright path, and exploring the profound wisdom and thoughts. Let you see through the essence, save space in your brain, no longer need to hold all kinds of worlds, no longer confused, no longer wandering. Spread your wings and soar in new starting points and high places.
Some sentences in "The Collection of Birds" are difficult to understand. Perhaps they don't need to be understood at all. We only need to listen and we will know how wonderful they are. Follow the poet's footsteps and carefully understand the world, every plant, every tree, everything in the world, and all kinds of human conditions. In fact, this is the paradise we long for. Sometimes the external world does not need to change much, it only requires us to see through and perceive the depth of things. Our world is divided into several levels, parallel to each other, and we need to be able to navigate among them. Like a bird, soaring in the blue sky and blue sea. "The Collection of Flying Birds" is like a trainer, training our wings and minds. Then it’s time for us to explore on our own. There is nothing more real, touching and unforgettable than your own personal experience. Let us no longer have heavy worldly baggage, no longer shrink from thinking and thinking, and soar freely and happily. This is what "The Birds" teaches us.
"New Moon Collection" seems to many people to be written for children, but in fact it is not. It is the best collection of poems about children's life and children's psychology.
The poet brings us into the colorful world of children, full of infinite possibilities, where there is no noise and clutter on the earth, no money, and no desire for power. This is another world, another world for lovely children. Here, children all have a pair of wings and can fly and play freely. Once you break into this place, your heart will instantly be transformed into a child, giving birth to wings, and you can't help but want to fly. It's okay even if you stumble, because there is no purpose. Everything here floats softly, and the feathers are as dazzling as if they were sprinkled with pearl powder. This is a dream factory of happy childhood, a sanatorium that heals the soul, and a blessed place containing rich treasures of happiness. When you truly integrate into this world, your heart will no longer age or be confused.
Looking at the world around us, driven by interests, smoke is everywhere. From the Gulf War to the Kosovo War, from the Afghanistan War to the Iraq War to the Libyan War. The war displaced people and children lost their hometowns, casting a lingering shadow on their happy childhood. Just imagine, if we lost our childhood and that unbridled happiness, what would be left in our lives and in our memories? Will we be satisfied with our childhood when we are about to disappear? I hope that in the future we will not only know the beauty of childhood from the works of writers such as Tagore!
I think: Only in the sky of the new moon can birds fly high, explore freely, and create value. Remarks after reading "The Biography of Rabindranath Tagore" 2
Tagore's family education was rigorous and calm. He rarely received his mother's attention, and was replaced by his eldest sister and most beloved sister-in-law Kagampali. This is probably why Tagore took maternal love as one of the important themes in his life-long creation. When Tagore was 13 years old, his mother passed away, and his father, the "Great Immortal," continued to meditate and meditate as before. This had a great influence on Tagore, enabling him to be as rational as his father when facing many misfortunes in life. Yes, bury the sorrow deep in your heart.
Huge family pressure could not send him to school. At the age of 14, Tagore dropped out of school. He "escaped" from school and finally "survived." During the period when he dropped out of school and stayed at home, he did not waste his life, but greedily absorbed information from all aspects and devoted himself to his literary creation. It was also at this time that his elder brother Jyoti Randranath acted as Tagore’s second life mentor.
He encouraged Tagore to compose poems according to new tunes and used Tagore's poems in his own plays. This gave me great encouragement from Tagore. He also taught Tagore how to hunt tigers, and guided him to join the "Vibrant Society", a secret society he founded, to fight for the political liberation of India. This inspired Tagore to think about national independence and made it his main lifelong interest. Jyoti Randranath also founded the literary monthly "Bharati", creating a family stage for Robin to express himself. Under the guidance of Jyoti Surendranath, Tagore published his first patriotic poem, published his first long narrative poem, and assembled his first collection of lyric poems.
However, his father "Great Immortal" and other elders are still worried about Robin's future, because in those days in India, literary activities themselves were not considered a profession. The elder brother Satindranath Tagore studied hard to become a public official or at least a lawyer at any level.
However, Tagore, who lived with his elder brother in western India, read a lot of English literature and European literature in his elder brother's study. He wrote one of his best short stories, "The Hungry Stone", and published it for the first time. Once he set music to his own lyric poem, he was out of control from then on. He composed more than 2,000 songs in his lifetime, which are sung to this day. The most noteworthy thing is that during this period, Tagore had a brief love with the tutor of his brother's friend's house. This beautiful feeling made him recall it for life.
At the age of 17, Tagore and his brother Satindranath traveled to England. During his days in England, Tagore studied alone in London. It was this experience that gave him the opportunity to meet all kinds of people and understand the British people. His praise of British women alarmed the family, and seventeen months later he returned to India empty-handed, without a university degree or any honorary title.
People in the family were dissatisfied with his return empty-handed, and Tagore could only find relief through self-expression. He wrote vigorously and wrote poems one after another, which were later collected into "Evening Songs". His efforts did not free him from loneliness. He took the initiative to ask his father to go to England to study law again, but he turned back halfway because his nephew was newly married. He finally returned to his brother Jyoti Randranath and his dearest sister-in-law Gadenpalli, and spent the happiest days in the villa on the Ganges.
In addition to loving literature and music, the young Tagore did not know what kind of person he should become in the future. Both of his brothers worked hard for his growth. The only difference was that one let nature take its course and treated it with tolerance, which eventually made Tagore a literary giant; the other arranged things according to his own ideas, but failed.
The person who gave Tagore tolerance and understanding was his elder brother Jyoti Randranath. In his later recollections, Tagore said: "My elder brother Jyodilendranath allowed me to walk on the path of self-knowledge without hindrance. From then on, my natural essence began to bloom of its own." < /p>
The young Tagore was lucky. His luck was that he had another great life mentor. However, the young Rabindranath Tagore is admirable, because in his confused exploration, he never gave up what he loved most. He was always on the road of progress, diligently absorbing, freely imagining, sincerely thinking, and unremittingly. Use various forms to express beautifully. He gained nothing in terms of academic qualifications, but his talent and hard work finally brought him to the top of the literary world, becoming the first Asian to win the "Nobel Prize for Literature".