Thursday 15th  11.00 a.m. to 12.15  p.m.

Residence of:   Kavita Sawney ( Kamal )

Gitanjali – The song offerings

Gitanjali: Song Offerings,  of the poet laureate of India, Rabindranath Tagore, is also his most widely recognised work.  The original Bengali collection of 157 poems was published on August 10th 1910. 

Tagore did the translations himself, while convalescing from an illness and on board a ship for Great Britain. He showed them to British friends who wanted to read his work. They in turn showed the translations to William Butler Yeats and the result was English publication in1912 followed by the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Gitanjali explores the personal relationship between the poet and Divinity. This Divinity he calls Jivandevata,  translated as “Lord of my life” or “life of my life” but also refers to as “my God,” “King,” “Father,” “Mother,” “lover,” “friend,” and “innermost one.”

Ladies, let us explore our relationship with our Jivandevata. Please select 2-3 verses of your choice and talk about them at an interactive session.

Katie Dubey                                                               Penny Barton

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