On Wednesday, the Union home ministry decreed that all six stanzas of Vande Mataram would be sung before Jana-Gana-Mana when ...

Upset over Centre’s directive that Vande Mataram be sung or played before Jana Gana Mana, TMC says RSS and other Hindutva outfits “never liked Tagore”; BJP hits back, says the move is aimed at restori ...

While the TMC has described the order as an attempt to diminish Rabindranath Tagore and stoke symbolism for electoral gains, the Congress has dubbed it a divisive ploy, and the BJP has countered that ...

Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamul Congress on Thursday accused the BJP-rule at the Centre of "belittling" famous poet ...

Kolkata: Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Thursday said the Centre's ‘Vande Mataram' circular was not aimed at ...

Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. May 7 is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It is known as Pachishe Boisakh in West ...

Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata. His 164th birth anniversary is being celebrated today, on Wednesday. 'The Bard of Bengal' had a deep connection with cinema ...

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday mandated the singing of Vande Mataram before the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, at all ...

At a Durgapur meet, BJP chief Nitin Nabin wrongly said Tagore won the Nobel Peace Prize, triggering backlash and ridicule.

If there is one thing that flows like blood through the veins of these stories, it is helplessness. Their power is in the endurance and strength that lies after it. Tagore’s direct narrative prose is ...

From my understanding, Kobi Guru Rabindranath Tagore, as a composer, had infused different influences of Eastern folk, waltz, and sometimes even Carnatic ragas with his innate sense of soothing ...