A Forgotten Man of Genius – Rabindranath Tagore

The Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore was an outstanding creative genius, but the truth is he is not widely read or recognised among the general public in the Western world. Some are aware of him as a famous Indian poet, but there is general apathy regarding his enormous contributions to a wide variety of other fields. A Forgotten Man of Genius is an introduction to Tagore’s life, achievements, and multifaceted writings, intended for the benefit of both English-speaking and non-Bengali readers.

The author, Sujit Bhattacharjee, explores Tagore’s legacy and relevance at a time when the global world is increasingly being torn apart by recurring problems of war, terrorism, religious xenophobia, and the newly emerging phenomenon of pandemics, the erratic actions of a political leader and the sweeping use of Artificial Intelligence. In this current age the world needs the wisdom of a spiritual thinker like Tagore to address many of our contemporary concerns and provide emotional and psychological hope and strength as a means of fostering peace and unity among humanity.

The book ends optimistically in its finding that the process of rediscovering Tagore has already began in the new way twentieth century people can understand his work, both through more translations and more improvisations of his poetry, music and plays.