Things to remember while reading Ibne Samad article: It seems like Monayeem Khan is back from the grave. We have been through such propaganda against Tagore in the '60s by Muslim-Leaguers and Islamists. Now, they are back again. First of all, I do not think we have a concrete proof from one article, written by a man (probably a communalist), that Tagore imposed a ban on Muslims from entering into the BiswaBharati University. Considering the socio-psychological conditions of Muslim people at that time, it is highly likely that Muslims themselves did not want to get such non-Islamic education (songs, dance, etc.) from that University, until King Nizam encouraged them through his support and contribution to that University. Next point, Tagore did not support Dhaka University. I still need to know Tagore's rationale for that, if it's true at all. This article did not cite any. Next point, Tagore did not do anything good with his Zamindari-business for his subjects. I do not think his mind was in the Zamindari-business at all. None of these vacuous claims has anything to do with Tagore's creations and contributions to the Bengali literature and culture. This is what I think – all these are made up propaganda by communalists/Islamists, who have been trying to defame Tagore from the very beginning of the birth of Pakistan. Even if these allegations are correct, Bangalees cannot reject Tagore because he spoke their minds. His creations are heavenly. Monayeem Khan tried to erase Tagore's influence from the Bangalee culture in the East Pakistan, and the result was quite the opposite; the Bangalee got even more attracted to Tagore. Monayeem Khani-pollution is spreading again in Bangladesh, and the ultimate result will not be any different from what happened then. Communalists will keep trying to spread the poison forever since they don't have any other quality; they cannot create anything remotely close to compete with Tagore; so they try to spread communal poison on him. Jiten Roy
--- On Wed, 5/23/12, Shumon Ahmed <shumonoh@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Shumon Ahmed <shumonoh@yahoo.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: Some Historic Photos of Legendary Bangla Poet Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thhakur
To: "alochona@yahoogroups.com" <alochona@yahoogroups.com>, "khabor@yahoogroups.com" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "Diagnose Group" <Diagnose@yahoogroups.com>, "dahuk@yahoogroups.com" <dahuk@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:33 AM
Three great things about the great poet Tagore. 1. Didn't allow muslim students to attend Biswa Bharoti University till he got a hefty donation from Nizam of Hyadrabad. 2. Opposed establishing University in Dhaka. 3. Did nothing for the people who were his subjects in his Zamindery. Even the most brutal Zaminders established educational institutions for their subjects.
From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com>
To: Muhammad Wohidul Islam <wohid@qia.qa>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:42 AM
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Some Historic Photos of Legendary Bangla Poet Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thhakur
Excellent! Thank you Sir for some great historical photos. Tagore and Nazrul were the bests that any country could ever have!! Tagore sitting position with Neheru is revealing? Isn't it?
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
From: Muhammad Wohidul Islam <wohid@qia.qa>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:34 AM
Subject: Some Historic Photos of Legendary Bangla Poet Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thhakur
Rabindranath Thhakur and Jawaharlal Nehru, engaged in deep conversation on November 4, 1936 at the Sylvan retreat of the poet at Bolpur. Mahatma Gandhi's promise of meeting Rabindranath Thhakur annually is honored when he visited him at Shantiniketan in this February 20, 1940 picture. Here Thhakur is in rapt attention to what Mahathma Gandhi is saying. Poet Rabindranath Thhakur reclining in his bed in a railway compartment at Howrah station when he left for Shantiniketan after recovery from his illness. This photo was published on November 22, 1940. A remarkable portrait of Rabindranath Thhakur taken during his last visit to Poona. This photograph is taken by S.P. Bhide who entered it in a Weekly Photographic Competition. This photo was published on December 25, 1932. Sir Maurice Gwyer, Rabindranath Thhakur, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan come out from Sinha Sadan, Shantiniketan after the Oxford University Convocation on August 7, 1940. Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba at a reception given by Rabindranath Thhakur at Shantiniketan in this February 20, 1940 picture. Thhakur during his tour of the West in 1921. In this rare photograph from The Hindu's archives, Helen Keller, the blind American author and labor rights activist, greets Rabindranath Thhakur at a meeting in New York in 1930. Tuesday, May 8, 2012, marked the culmination of the year-long 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Gurudev. Rabindranath Thhakur, when in Berlin, paid a visit to Professor Albert Einstein in his cottage at Caputh near Berlin, where the two world famous men had an enjoyable time in this August 24, 1930 picture. ______________________________ Muhammad Wohidul Islam (LLM, Harvard Law School) Legal Counsel Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended exclusively for those individuals and entities addressed above and any other persons who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not such an intended recipient, please do not copy, use or disclose to others the contents of this communication. Instead, please notify us that you have received this e-mail in error by sending a reply email to this message (together with any attachments). Please then delete the e-mail and any attachments and destroy any copies of it. We regret any inconvenience resulting from erroneous delivery of this message and thank you for your cooperation.
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