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 5 works in the archive.
Referenced in 4 other works , including The Case for Liberalism in Indian History , ખોજ , and Minoo Masani : From Socialism to Liberal Swatantra Party .
In The Case for Liberalism in Indian History : Tagore is named alongside Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Rajaji as a contributor to a distinctively Indian liberalism, specifically via cosmopolitanism.
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.
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About Rabindranath Tagore (1)
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Mentioned in (21)
Primary works (17)
- 1st Indian Liberals Annual Lecture | The Case for Individual Liberty in India by Ms. Sagarika Ghose · 2022
- The Case for Liberalism in Indian History · 2020
- "if you look at the ideas of Gandhi, for example, Tagore, Ambedkar, Rajaji" · Tagore is listed as one of the four pillars of Shah's Indian liberal synthesis.
- Freedom First · 2010
- Freedom First · 2009
- Freedom First · 2009
- Freedom First · 2009
- 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
- Freedom First · 2008
- Freedom First · 2001
- Freedom First · 1996
- Freedom First · 1994
- Freedom First · 1986
- The Indian Libertarian · 1973
- Freedom First · 1969
- Freedom First · 1968
- …and 2 more
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