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Title: Rabindranath Tagore on Education

Rabindranath Tagore on Education

Select Essays, Addresses, Letters and Short Stories in English Translation

by Abhijit Sen (Volume editor) Santa Bhattacharyya (Volume editor) Sukla Basu (Volume editor) Saurav Dasthakur (Volume editor)
©2026 Edited Collection LVI, 234 Pages
Education

Summary

This book presents English translations of Rabindranath Tagore’s writings on education with a cross-generic selection of public addresses, discursive essays, personal correspondences and short stories, which reflect the evolution of his educational thoughts. Predicated on his distrust of the prevalent didactic pedagogy, his educational formulations envisaged an alternative system which would propel learning towards true enlightenment and pursuit of truth, thereby suiting the needs of the emergent nation. His educational notions, then, were closely interwoven with his vision of nation-building.
Rabindranath Tagore’s ideas are still relevant today when contemporary pedagogical practices remain riddled with inadequacies not only in India but elsewhere as well. This is what has prompted the attempt to disseminate his path-breaking educational ideas before a wider readership through English translations of his original Bengali writings.

Details

Pages
LVI, 234
Publication Year
2026
ISBN (PDF)
9781805841814
ISBN (ePUB)
9781805841821
ISBN (Softcover)
9781805841807
DOI
10.3726/b23238
Language
English
Publication date
2026 (August)
Keywords
sadhana creativity ashram-school Eastern University Visva-Bharati self-reliance swadeshi samaj rural reconstruction Sriniketan Abhijit Sen Santa Bhattacharyya Sukla Basu Saurav Dasthakur Rabindranath Tagore on Education Tagore’s vision of alternative education nation building rote learning mechanistic learning education for all pursuit of truth
Published
Chennai, Berlin, Bruxelles, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2026. lvi, 234 pp., 4 fig. b/w.
Product Safety
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Biographical notes

Abhijit Sen (Volume editor) Santa Bhattacharyya (Volume editor) Sukla Basu (Volume editor) Saurav Dasthakur (Volume editor)

Abhijit Sen is a former Professor of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. His areas of interest include Renaissance Studies, Theatre Studies, and Tagore Studies. His previously published work includes the monograph, Rabindranath Tagore’s Theatre: from Page to Stage (2022). Santa Bhattacharyya is a former Professor of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. Her areas of interest include European Enlightenment, American Literature, Nineteenth Century Bengal, Women’s Studies, Translation and Translation Studies. Her translations from Bengali to English have been published in different anthologies: Oxford Tagore, vol. 1 (2001); Signposts (2002); Timeless Tales from Bengal (2018); When I view the universe through the medium of songs (with Sukla Basu, 2024). Sukla Basu is a former Professor of English of Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan. Her fields of specialization include Shakespeare, Renaissance Studies, African American Literature and Translation Studies. She has translated Tendulkar’s drama and Tagore's songs and prose writings. She directs a theatre group called Santiniketan Poesis. Saurav Dasthakur is a Professor in the Department of English at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. His monograph on Tagore and modern Bengali subjectivity, Rabindranath Tagore and Music in the Age of Nationalism, has been recently published. He is currently working on Bengali literary modernism.

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