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‘What an experience’: Howrah station to Shantiniketan — Chinese Ambassador to India takes his first train journey in country
June 09, 2025 6:23 pm
According to Visva-Bharati University sources, the Ambassador and the delegation will stay overnight in Shantiniketan and attend a meeting with university Vice Chancellor Probir Kumar Ghosh
Meet the inheritors of Tagore’s Shantiniketan
September 24, 2023 7:28 am
The university town founded as an experiment by Tagore is now on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Yet, in the Shantiniketan of today, where totos tear through cycle paths and newer buildings crowd the fringes, is an attempt to juggle the new and the old
Expert Weighs in | 'Tagore's vision for Santiniketan difficult to restore, but UNESCO tag can help restore its historic structures'
September 21, 2023 10:02 am
Supriyo Thakur, the great-grandnephew of Rabindranath Tagore and former principal of the school in Santiniketan established by Tagore, answers 5 questions about the UNESCO tag for the town.
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2022: Date, importance and significance of the day
May 09, 2022 4:08 pm
He didn’t just change the map of Bengali literature in India but was also the linchpin of the Indian freedom struggle through his music and poems
From growing up in Shantiniketan to winning Nobel Prize: Amartya Sen looks back at his journey
June 05, 2021 7:53 pm
In an interview with The Harvard Gazette, the economist looked back at the last nine decades and what drove him to study the underlying mechanisms of poverty and gender inequity.
What we are witnessing in Shantiniketan is an ugly fight between ideologies
January 10, 2021 8:44 am
In the heated political battlefield of West Bengal ahead of the Assembly election, set to be a bitter contest between the ruling Trinamool and the BJP, both Poush Mela and the land row are seen to be motivated.
Why the decision to cancel Visva-Bharati’s spring and winter festivals is disturbing
August 10, 2020 8:48 am
There seems to be a concerted move to strip the centenary celebrations of Tagore’s spirit of inclusiveness. Hence, the decision to ban the Poush Mela and Basanta Utsav.
Here's why you should plan a trip to the university town of Shantiniketan
October 24, 2019 2:41 pm
Not many know that 'Shantiniketan' was actually the name of a guesthouse that Tagore senior had built when he founded the Brahmo Samaj circa 1863.
Denied loan, Rabindranath Tagore’s descendant takes to crowdfunding for school in Shantiniketan
August 13, 2018 7:22 am
Taking forward Tagore’s legacy is a descendant from the family, Sudripta Tagore, who is raising money through crowdfunding to build the school brick-by-brick.
Nature of His Work
April 30, 2015 12:02 am
A travelling exhibition of artist Krishna Reddy features his work from student days at Shantiniketan to his preoccupation with social concerns in daunting yet minimalist frames.
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After Modi's Visva-Bharati address, Mamata's show of strength at Santiniketan
December 29, 2020 7:34 pm
Mamata Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, branded Visva-Bharati VC Bidyut Chakrabarty as a "BJP man", and said that he plans to destroy the rich heritage of the hallowed institution by "importing divisive and communal politics inside its campus".
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