Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Today, "Baishe Shraban" of Bangla month - 70th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The government of West Bengal declared the day as holiday to observe the day with reverence and love for the immortal poet. Tagore was a poet - the poet of all the poets. He felt and put his feelings in writing thus we can feel our imaginations and aspirations in every moment of life. He was the last word of feelings. When we feel sorrow - his creations are our solace, when we feel happy - we find with joy that he already guessed our happiness and written our feelings years ago. So, no new grief or happiness are there for us to write more - he already written for us. And that is the greatness of a poet's thought. Rabindranath our soul, Rabindranath our life. Today, in spite of rains, the city of joy Kolkata is observing the day with several rally and all the rally will meet at Metro station. In the evening, a cultural function will be held at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kol...