Rabindranath Tagore.
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One book that continues to be discussed, translated and read 114 years after it was published in India is Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. The Bard of Bengal won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 but he was known much before that as a popular writer of short stories, novels, poetry, dramas and songs. A voluminous collection of 157 poems, Gitanjali has stirred people’s imagination like no other. Undoubtedly a literary gem, it has inspired generations of writers and artistes with the way Tagore has expressed his thoughts and emotions through the verses. Santhosh Kana, a teacher and writer, recently launched an audio series ‘Tagore’s Gitanjali — A Musical Pilgrimage’ combining 18 poems. His soothing narration is backed by melodious sitar music. He spent three to four years choosing poems and appropriate ragas…