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RABINDRANATH TAGORE’S UNIVERSALITY AS A POET-SEER AND HIS RELEVANCE IN MODERN TIMEAbstract
Rabindranath Tagore represents the millennium in him reflecting the ancient Indian wisdom through the raptures of his lyrics and mystic vision. His metaphysical bent of mind was quite rooted to the realities of his time inasmuch as he served as an anchor of intellectual moorings upon which the emerging nation state was to set foot on to shape a new course of journey. As a liberal humanist he advocated for Inclusive nationalism. Though the English translation of his poems and other literary works lost the vitality of language, the melodious rhyming quality, lyrical beauty and the word-magic but the power of his vision continues to be a source of great inspiration for whoever reads them. This paper is attempted to illumine on Tagore\'s universality and his poems relevance in modern time when the world is still reeling under indeterminacy of post modern fluidity that continues to witness global terrorism, religious hatred, racism, corruption and discrimination of various sorts. Hence, it is worth that the myriad minded man, \'the East of Suez\', may be reviewed afresh for his universality and relevance ever. The whole life of Tagore just evokes a sense that a Himalayan saint in previous birth, incomplete in his search of truth, is sent back by God to complete his journey through poetic vision.
KEYWORDS : Universality, poetic vision, East-West, eternal, globalization, liberal humanist, religion, Renaissance and truth