Do your best and leave the rest to God
At 13 Shubraji was a student at Loreto convent in Lucknow, India, and an atheist. On a school holiday with her sister she first...
Bloom
39. Poem: To Bloom .
[Translator's note: However much man may try to emulate God in creating beautiful things, his creations can never match God's....
Keno
16. Poem: Keno (Why) of the book ‘Nabajatak' written on 12 Oct. m1938, 3 years before the Poet's death.
Translator's note: As per media report...
Hawk Maid
40. The Hawk Maid
The Hawk Maid depicts the inherent passion of the humans to perceive the origin of life which remains ever mysterious to...
Giving Expression to Your Talents and Beliefs for Self-Discovery
By Pri Notowidigdo
A gentleman in his fifties came to see me the other day. He wanted to share with me what he had experienced...
Tagore the Satirist
41. Poem Anadrita Lekhani (Neglected Pen) of the book 'Prahasini' (Satirist) in Bengali, written by the Poet in 1937.
The Editor's pursuit hounds me every...
Bidaysambal
17. Poem: Bidaysambal (Sustenance for Passage) of the book 'Mahua' (a flower) written at Singapore on 19 August, 1927.
Translator's note: It is difficult to...
Bhojon Bir
45. Poem 'Bhojon Bir' = (The Gluttonous Hero) of the book 'Prahasini' (=Satirist) written 3 years before the Poet's death in 1941 at the...