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 science. His son Debendranath championed the cause of the Hindu against the missionaries and campaigned for the abolition of the purdah system initiated by his wife, Jnandini Devi. The teaching of Rabindranath is profoundly new and creative. His poems and songs have preached a new kingdom of heaven in the hearts and in the world of men. Being a universally recognized novelist, playwright, painter and musician Rabindranath was a prominent figure in the India’s national movement and played a dynamic role in the dynamics of India’s political movement. This House of Tagores is the Great Age of Discovery. Its beauty occupies and inundates with light. With its grace and charm, it combines gaiety and mirth.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Biplab K. Mazumdar
Dr. Biplab K. Majumdar got his M.A. in Journalism and Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta. For his prolific writings he has been showered with much recognition of merit. As a translator he has translated many Bengali novels and short stories into English. His novels – Room No. 10 and Shadows of the Vultures awaiting publication.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hironmoy Banerjee
Hironmoy Banerjee graduated from the Presidency College, Calcutta, with first class honours in Philosophy and passed the Indian Civil Service Examination in 1926. he joined the Bengal Cadre of I.C.S. and till the Independence served in the judiciary and administration. He was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University and was reappointed for a second term. He was the Vice-President of the Asiatic Society and President of the Executive Committee of Ramkrishna Mission, Institute of Culture, Calcutta. In 55 years of literary life he wrote 40 books and over 250 articles on a wide range of subjects, ranging from philosophy, Tagore literature, social history, rural reconstruction, agriculture and Sanskrit grammar, etc. He also translated poems from original Sanskrit, wrote poems, stories and one novel. A Tagore scholar, his Thakurbarir Katha is considered a classic work of biography and culture.
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