Laureate Rabindranath Tagore on May 10 at its Headquarters in New
Delhi.
The programme was jointly hosted by the School of Humanities (SOH) and
Tagore Chair for Indian Literature.
During the function, VC Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai said that
Tagore had an enduring faith in the creative power of young minds,
which today is marred by artificiality.
"He provided philosophical underpinnings and led a life of aesthetic
simplicity," he added.
IGNOU paid homage to Tagore by also organising plays based on Tagore's
story 'Samapti', performed by by National School of Drama's troupe.
Eminent guests like Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy, Prof. Manoj Das, Prof.
Indranath Choudhury, Prayag Shukla, among others, discussed various
aspects of Tagore's personality and creativity in the light of his
humanism.
"The wise/intelligent people have meanings/words in their minds and
choose some language to vent their expressions, but there are other
people called 'rishis' who go after language/rhythm/musical notes and
find their thoughts hidden in them.
That is what makes any writer great and Rabindranath Tagore was one of
them," said Prof. Ananthamurthy, while delivering his keynote address
during the seminar.
He further felt that there were dark corners of Tagore writings, which
could be accessed only through his paintings.
Prof. Das talked about the humanist aspect of Tagore's writings and
said, "His greatest characteristic was his sublime simplicity with
which he wrote stories, legends, novels, songs, dance, dramas, essays,
etc, reflecting a spiritual aspect."
Prof. Rita Rani Paliwal, Director, SOH, IGNOU, recalled the ecological
issues that Tagore felt concerned about.
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