Böcker av Rabindranath Tagore

The book contains some of Tagore's best short stories, such as 'The Hungry Stones', 'Once There Was A King', 'The Cabuliwallah', 'The Home-Coming' and 'The Kingdom of Cards'. This collection of short stories explores the lives of ordinary men who experience extraordinary moments.

The Home and the World is a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The book illustrates the battle Tagore had with himself, between the ideas of Western culture and revolution against the Western culture. These two ideas are portrayed in two of the main characters, Nikhil, who is rational and opposes violence, and Sandip, who will let nothing stand in his way from reaching his goals. These two opposing ideals are very important in understanding the history of the Bengal region and its contemporary problems.

Gitanjali is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the book.

The poet Kabîr is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism. A great religious reformer, the founder of a sect to which nearly a million northern Hindus still belong, it is yet supremely as a mystical poet that Kabîr lives for us. A beautiful legend tells us that after his death his Mohammedan and Hindu disciples disputed the possession of his body; which the Mohammedans wished to bury, the Hindus to burn. As they argued together, Kabîr appeared before them.

I have carried the manuscript of these translations about with me for days, reading it in railway trains, or on the top of omnibuses and in restaurants, and I have often had to close it lest some stranger would see how much it moved me. These lyrics-which are in the original full of subtlety of rhythm, of untranslatable delicacies of colour, of metrical invention-display in their thought a world I have dreamed of all my live long.

In this brilliantly poetic 1916 novel, an idealistic Bengali husband encourages his tradition-minded wife to venture out into the world, leading to her political awakening and attraction to a charismatic leader.

Many have said that the Hindu religion is the only one that teaches its followers to respect all religions, not just their own. This is something that is practiced throughout India, and is why this great spiritual book can appeal to anyone. Tagore takes the very best wisdom from the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism and even Christianity to reveal a powerful, common theme that can bring everyone together. The author was not only a great poet, but won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. Albert Schweitzer called him one of the greatest thinkers of mankind and this book does well to prove it. What can be found within these pages is what one would call the wisdom of the ages. It is a spiritual classic that has helped transform many readers. It is recommended for all who seek truth, spiritual growth and self-realization in their lives.