About the Book : The word of the songs of Rabindranath Tagore is eternally thrilling and enchanting. It brings forth a vast panorama of human life and experience encapsulating joy and sorrow, love and languishment, pleasure and pain, union and detachment besides a look beyond. This English translation of Santidev Ghosh Rabindrasangeet Vichitra makes an in-depth study of the music of Rabindranath Tagore. Analysing the influence of foreign culture and music on Bengali life in general and on Tagore songs in particular, it discusses at length his songs of moving emotions and the pattern of speaking. Further delineating a few characteristics of division of words in Tagore songs, it also reviews the influence of Bengali songs on him. An assessment of Rabindrasangeet from the perspective of the audience and a comparative study of Tagore and Pandit Bhatkhande make part of the discussion as well.

About the Author : Mohit Chakrabarti, D. Litt, teaches English and Education at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. He is a consistent and prolific contributor to studies and researches on Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda. His other books on Gandhi include Gandhian Mysticism, The Gandhian Dimensions of Education; Gandhian Aesthetics; Gandhian Humanism; Gandhian Spiritualism; Gandhian Religion; Mahatma Gandhi: A Revaluation; The Gandhian Philosophy of Man; Gandhian Socio-aesthetics; and The Gandhian Philosophy of the Spinning Wheel. Dr. Chakrabarti has presented papers on several national and international conferences. He is a former member of National Council for Teacher Education.