Tagore in Tripura: An Enduring Connection
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Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers |
| Author Khagesh Dev Burman | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 316 | |
| Cover: PAPERBACK | |
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8.5x5.5 Inch |
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Weight 310 gm |
| Edition: 2025 | |
| ISBN: 9789369895250 | |
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HBR273 |
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I believe
it is my solemn duty to write this book: firstly, to bring to light, as a son
of the soil, the glory and pride of Tripura for its spiritual bond with the
Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore for a period of sixty years; secondly, to
present an episode that remains unfamiliar, unknown and unexplored among
followers, critics and scholars of Tagore; and, thirdly, and most important of
all, to rediscover Rabindranath as a human being with his own set of strengths
and vulnerabilities, which were never exposed anywhere other than in Tripura.
This is a different Rabindranath and an untold story that the world does not
know. The relationship of Rabindranath with four generations of the Maharajas
of Tripura began in the year 1882. When seeking refuge from the intense grief
caused by the death of Maharani Bhanumati, his prime queen, Maharaja Bir
Chandra found solace in Tagore's Bhagna Hriday, written when the poet was a
teenager. Maharaja Bir Chandra was so deeply moved by the heart-rending poems
of Rabindranath that he sent his minister, Radha Raman Ghosh, to Jorasanko,
Calcutta (now Kolkata), miles away from Tripura, to bestow on him the
honourific title of a 'Great Poet'. Rabindranath unhesitatingly acknowledged
that in this period, when he was struggling as an amateur poet and was yet to
become famous, he had received cordial recognition as a 'Great Poet' only from
Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya of Tripura. He said, 'For the first time, I have
received felicitation from the country. After that, in praise of Maharaja Bir
Chandra's farsightedness, he added: In my immature beginnings, his wisdom could
foresee the picture ahead in the future and that was why he honoured me as a
"Great Poet". The fame that I am getting in my life; he was the first
person in the entire world who had predicted. A person who stays on the peak
can see what is not normally visible to others; Bir Chandra identified what
would make me distinctive. He further termed the relationship with the
father-like Maharaja Bir Chandra as historical and said, It is difficult to
obtain in the history of literature an account of such a spontaneous and open
friendship of a king with a tender-aged poet whose road to fame was totally
uncertain and doubtful. After the death of Maharaja Bir Chandra, during the
twelve years of Maharaja Radha Kishore's reign, like Kautilya, Rabindranath as
a true friend took full responsibility of running the administration of the
state. He proved his wisdom by counselling Maharaja Radha Kishore in all
matters of administrative reforms: social, economic and political-ranging from
cautioning the Maharaja against the antagonism of courtiers, unveiling of
conspiracies, to aiding him in the appointment of ministers and solving family complexities
and feuds. Tripura was singularly fortunate to have witnessed the most
astonishing, multifaceted talent of Rabindranath.
An exploration of the little-known bond between Rabindranath
Tagore and the kingdom of Tripura
While most aspects of Rabindranath Tagore's writings and
life have been extensively analyzed, not much is known about his enduring
connection with the kingdom of Tripura. Tagore's relationship with the
Maharajas of Tripura began in 1882, when Maharaja Bir Chandra was so moved by
his poetry that he sent his minister to bestow on him the honorific of a 'Great
Poet For the next fifty-eight years, Tagore maintained close ties with the
royal family, especially Maharaja Radha Kishore, Bir Chandra's son, who helped
set up and fund the Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan. During the reign
of Radha Kishore, Tagore was even involved in Tripura's administration, and
visited the state on several occasions to advise the Maharaja on official
matters. Later generations of the royal family continued to patronize Tagore
and Visva-Bharati, sending several students with stipends to the university. On
Tagore's eightieth birth anniversary, the title of 'Bharat Bhaskar was
conferred on him by them.
This book, written by Khagesh Dev Burman, a member of the
Tripura royal family, explores their connection with Tagore, including the
friendships and associations the poet formed, nd the ways in which Tripura
appeared in his writings.
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