My favorite author is Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath’s poetry and short stories appeal to my heart more than anything else. His ‘Gitanjali’ is a famous book of songs, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for litera­ture. Truly speaking, I do not fully understand the inner meaning of all those beautiful songs. But I can, however, sing a few of them.

Tagore’s short stories deeply attract my mind. They are simple, and they vividly portray the known characters and simple plots. We study some of Tagore’s poems and stories which are included in our text book.

As an Indian, I am proud of Tagore, a world poet of the twentieth century, whose books have been adored and trans­lated into many languages of the world.

Tagore’s birthday is celebrated every year all over the country with great love and reverence. Tagore gave us our national, anthem, Jana Gana Mana. Tagore is known not only as a poet, but also as a dramatist, painter, actor, singer, philosopher, educationist and humanist.

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Tagore was a great patriot who actively supported the Swadeshi Movement during the British rule in India. He wrote national songs, boycotted foreign goods, opened shop for selling swadeshi goods and returned the Knighthood conferred upon him as a special honour by the British Crown, when in the Jallianwalabagh massacre the British soldiers killed the unarmed innocent Indians. This shows the boldness of his character and great sense of nationalism.