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The argument has been made that in the past there was a simplicity, tranquility, sociability, and spirituality that is now lost. This rose-tinted nostalgia is generally confined to the wealthy who do not understand that the world, and specifically the policies and politics in the Middle East, can not continue as is. The human race has become a problem-solving machine, but it can only solve the problems of the Middle East by changing its ways. What is the Middle ...
For a full century, the House of Jorasanko functioned as the cultural centre of this country. For three successive generations, the members of this family led all the important movements of the country in the field of religion, literature, music, education and social reforms. Dwarakanath Tagore, grand-father of Rabindranath was not only enthusiastic about the propagation of English education but was very much in favour of the spread of knowledge about western ...