Rabindranath Tagore

Presented By ： Claire Gui

IndiaFreedom from fear is the freedomI claim for you my motherland!

Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head,breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning call of the future;

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Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewithyou fasten yourself in night's stillness,mistrusting the star that speaks of truth's adventurous paths;

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Freedom from the anarchy of destinywhole sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.

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Freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppet's world,where movements are started through brainless wires,repeated through mindless habits,Where figures wait with patience and obedience for the master of show,to be stirred into a mimicry of life.

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POET'S INFORMATIONGreatest writer in modern Indian literaturepoet, novelist, educatorwon the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913

Rabindranath Tagore

BASIC INFORMATION in South Asia7th largest country in the worldhas 2nd largest popluation in the world

India is an

Art and architecturePerforming ArtsLiterature SportsMotion pictures, televisionclothingholidays&festivalsfood

ART AND ARCHITECTUREthe Taj Mahal, works of Mughal architecture, and South Indian architecture Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture is developed by the British in the late 19th century, drew on Indo-Islamic architecture.

Taj Mahalone symbol of India

The Mahabodhi Temple one city commemorates the enlightenment of Buddha

PERFORMING ARTS Indian music ranges over various traditions and regional styles.Regionalised popular forms include film and folk musicEight dance forms, many with narrative forms and mythological elements

Dancing

folk muscian

LITERATUREearliest literary writings in India composed between 1700 BCE and 1200 CE epics poems the Mahābhārata the Ramayana

LITERARUREFrom the 14th to the 18th centuries, India's literary traditions went through a period of drastic change In the 19th century, Indian writers took a new interest in social questions and psychological descriptions. In the 20th century, Indian literature was influenced by the works of Bengali poet and novelist Rabindranath Tagore.

SPORTSsoccer

cricket

MOTION PICTURES, TELEVISIONThe Indian film industry produces the world's most-watched cinema.South Indian cinema attracts more than 75% of national film revenue.Television broadcasting began in India in 1959 as a state-run medium of communicationToday, television is the most penetrative media in India

CLOTHINGCotton was domesticated in India by 4000 B.C.E.

FESTIVALS&HOLIDAYSMany Indian festivals are religious in origin India has three national holidays which are observed in all states and union territories: Republic Day, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti.

FOODA North Indian home-cooked tiffin lunch as delivered to an office by a dabbawala.

A South Indian thali-style dinner as served in a restaurant.