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Rana Dasgupta conferred with 2019 Tagore Literary Prize

The 2nd edition of Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize was conferred upon author Rana Dasgupta for his 2010 novel “Solo”, a tale of estrangement and the ultimate failure of material existence. The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for social achievement was awarded to Yohei Sasakawa, for “his incredible efforts to uproot leprosy and great contribution to world ..

Topics: Indian people • Rana Dasgupta • Tagore • Writers

Rana Dasgupta wins 2019 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize

Rana Dasgupta has won the 2nd edition of Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 for his 2010 novel “Solo”, a tale of estrangement and the ultimate failure of material existence. The award consists of an amount of $10,000, a Tagore statue and a certificate. Beside this, the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for social achievement was awarded ..

Topics: Artists • Brahmos • Indian people • Rana Dasgupta • Tagore • World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador • Writers

Ram Sutar Vanji wins Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for year 2016

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind will present the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony to Rajkumar Singhajit Singh; Chhayanaut (a cultural organization of Bangladesh); and Ram Sutar Vanji for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 respectively on 18th of February 2019 at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony was instituted ..

Topics: Artists • Chhayanaut • Indian people • Rabindranath Tagore • Rajkumar Singhajit Singh • Tagore • Tagore Award • Writers

Ram Vanji Sutar to be conferred with 2016 Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony

Renowned sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, who has designed the Statue of Unity in Narmada district in Gujarat, will be conferred with the prestigious 2016 Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony. Beside Sutar, the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the years 2014 and 2015 is being conferred on the doyen of Manipuri dance Sh. Rajkumar Singhajit ..

Topics: Chhayanaut • Indian culture • Indian people • Manipuri dance • Rabindranath Tagore • Rajkumar Singhajit Singh • Tagore • Tagore Award • Writers

The birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore celebrated

The birth anniversary of Asia’s first Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore has celebrated on May 7, 2018. Rabindra Jayanti is popularly called Poncheeshe Boishakh and being celebrated ceremoniously and jauntiness all across West Bengal and Bangladesh. A revered poet, mercurial writer, and a cursive painter Tagore was a prolific composer with 2,230 songs to his ..

Topics: Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo • Gitanjali • Indian people • Rabindra Jayanti • Rabindra Sangeet • Rabindranath Tagore • Sangeet • South Asia • South Asian culture • Tagore • Works of Rabindranath Tagore

150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

A yearlong Joint Indo-Bangla Celebrations to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded in New Delhi on May 7, 2012. Bangladesh held that it will celebrate the 100th year of Tagore getting the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali in 2013. Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in an old aristocratic family of ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Artists • Brahmos • Indian people • Rabindranath Tagore • Tagore • The Last Harvest: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore • Writers