The question is did Nobel prize glorify Tagore by awarding that prize to Tagore or Tagore glorified the award named Nobel Prize? Every award in this world considered some how controversial or purposeful to some people. Tagore was larger than the Prizes or any awards - and since that is the reality then why making so much fuss with bringing this topic "why" - "how" - by "whom" Tagore got the Nobel? It is nothing but motiveless motive hunting!
Saleem R. Noor
New York
USA
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From: "shamsuddoulah" <doulah@doulah.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mukto-mona] Why the facts about Tagore's winning of Nobel Prize are kept secret?
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:14:22 -0000
Rabindranath Tagore was the greatest of all great Bengali writers. But it is sad to note that the learned Bengali readers and writers kept many facts about Tagore's winning of Nobel Prize in 1913 are kept secret. Some such facts are given below:
A. Rabindranath Tagore was more than many Nobel Laureates. But his winning of the Nobel Prize was a political consolation for the Hindu terrorist movements launched in Bengal in the early days of the20th century.
B. Rabindranth Tagore was not the recommendation of the Nobel Committee. The Nobel Committee named somebody else. The name of Rabindranath Tagore was not even in the short list of the Nobel Committee.
C. Rabindranth Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize neither as a Bengalee nor as an Indian. He was awarded the prize as an "Anglo-Indian"
D. Rabindranth Tagore never made any so-called prize receiving speech.
E. Rabindranth Tagore only sent a two line accepting message.
F. The prize was accepted by the British Ambassador and it was delivered to the poet in Calcutta.
G. It appears from the information, now available, that Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Nobel Prize in consideration of his successful attempt to intermingle the Christian-Indian philosophy.
I shall very much welcome exact and objective reply from the esteemed readers of this Group.
A.B.M. Shamsud Doulah
G.P.O. Box 351
Dhaka-1000
Email: shamsuddoulah@
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