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Mahatma Gandhi & Rabindranath Tagore; Celebrating the centenary of a historic meeting

This year, 2015, is the centenary of the meeting of two of the greatest personalities of India. In March 1915, Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi met in Santiniketan for the first time. Both held each other in high mutual regard. Tagore was one of the first important people to call Gandhi “Mahatma,” that is “Great Soul.” Gandhi, in turn, called Tagore “Gurudev,” meaning “divine teacher.”   Read more

Prof Indra Nath Choudhuri

8th November 2014: The formation of Tagore’s spirituality and the evidence of it in his artistic endeavours by Prof Indra Nath Choudhuri

Prof Indra Nath Choudhuri delivered a keynote address on “The formation of Tagore’s spirituality and the evidence of it in his artistic endeavours” at a conference jointly convened by the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier University and the Edinburgh International Centre for Peace and Spirituality on 8th November 2014. Keynote address by Prof Choudhuri at Edinburgh conference

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8th November 2014: ‘Atmosphere’ as key to Rabindranath Tagore’s spiritual education by Dr Christine Kupfer

Dr Kupfer presented a paper entitled “’Atmosphere’ as key to Rabindranath Tagore’s spiritual education” at the conference “Rabindranath Tagore’s Spirituality: Artistic, Educational and Political Expressions” that was organised by the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies, Edinburgh Napier University and the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace. Read more