IGNOU celebrates 150th birth anniversary of Tagore
IGNOU celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore on May 10 at its Headquarters in New Delhi.
The programme was jointly hosted by the School of Humanities (SOH) and Tagore Chair for Indian Literature.
During the function, VC Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai said that Tagore had an enduring faith in the creative power of young minds, which today is marred by artificiality.
“He provided philosophical underpinnings and led a life of aesthetic simplicity,” he added.
IGNOU paid homage to Tagore by also organising plays based on Tagore’s story ‘Samapti’, performed by by National School of Drama’s troupe.
Eminent guests like Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy, Prof. Manoj Das, Prof. Indranath Choudhury, Prayag Shukla, among others, discussed various aspects of Tagore’s personality and creativity in the light of his humanism.
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