social reformer
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Thakur
1861–1941
Also known as: Tagore, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, रवीन्द्रनाथ टैगोर
How Rabindranath Tagore is discussed in this archive
Authored 2 works in the archive.
Referenced in 3 other works — including ખોજ , Minoo Masani : From Socialism to Liberal Swatantra Party , and The Liberalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar .
In ખોજ : Karia's essay against moral policing invokes Tagore as part of a combined Western-Indian tradition — alongside Gandhi and Nehru — that cultivates inner conscience over external moral enforcement.
In Minoo Masani : From Socialism to Liberal Swatantra Party : Tagore is invoked indirectly in Gandhi's famous quip about nationalisation — Gandhi used Tagore as an example of a 'marvellous instrument of production' that should not be nationalised.
In The Liberalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar : Tagore provides the closing tribute to Vidyasagar — his famous quote is used as the culminating assessment of Vidyasagar's singularity.
By Rabindranath Tagore (2)
About Rabindranath Tagore (1)
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Mentioned in (5)
Primary works (2)
- ખોજ · 2009
- "Karia draws on a tradition of Western and Indian thinkers — Aristotle, Plato, Raphael, Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Vivekananda — who oppose coercive moralism" — Tagore named within Karia's lineage of conscience-based moralists arrayed against coercive religious policing
- Quotas and Reservations · 2006
Opinion pieces (2)
- Minoo Masani : From Socialism to Liberal Swatantra Party
- "Rabindranath Tagore is an instrument of marvellous production. I do not know that he will submit to be nationalised." — Gandhi's witty riposte using Tagore as an example against Masani's nationalisation agenda
- The Liberalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- "The poet-saint Rabindranath Tagore's pithy tribute accurately captures the stature of Vidyasagar: "One wonders how God, in the process of producing forty million Bengalis, produced a man!"" — Tagore's tribute serves as the article's closing judgment on Vidyasagar's greatness