“I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.” said, the great poet, philosopher, musician, writer, educationist and the first Asian to become a Nobel laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

It is indeed very emotional to celebrate a man who made life so meaningful with his words of wisdom. It will be like committing an awful sin, worth killing thousands, if we miss this grand day which brought this legend to life. Yes, we at Nokia Ovi Music are proud to present a special tribute on the occasion of Gurudev’s 150th Anniversary. Celebrate Rabindrasangeet Special on Ovi Music India with close to 40 tracks sung by Srikanto Acharya, Indrani Sen, Lopamidra Mitra, Debashish Basu, Biswarup Rudra to name a few. Download & enjoy the best of Rabindra Sangeet and win gift vouchers!

Rabindra Sangeet Contest

Rabindra Sangeet Contest

Rabindra Sangeet Contest

Rabindra Sangeet Contest

He was popularly called as Gurudev and his songs were and still popularly known as Rabindrasangeet. Two songs from his Rabindrasangit are now the national anthems of India and Bangladesh: the Jana Gana Mana (India’s National Anthem) and the Amar Shonar Bangla (Bangladesh’s National Anthem).

A prospective barrister, Tagore enrolled at a public school in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1878. He read law at University College London, but left school to explore Shakespeare and more.

When Tagore was small, he was mostly raised by servants, as his mother had died in his early childhood and his father travelled extensively. Tagore largely declined classroom schooling, preferring to roam the mansion or nearby idyll. Upon his sacred thread ceremony initiation at age eleven, Tagore left Kolkata on 14 February 1873 to tour India with his father for several months.

In 1901, Tagore moved to Santiniketan to found an ashram which grew to include a marble-floored prayer hall, an experimental school, groves of trees, gardens, and a library. By now, his work was gaining him a large following among Bengali and foreign readers alike, and he published such works as Naivedya (1901) and Kheya (1906) while translating his poems into free verse.

Jai Ho!