{"product_id":"a-quiet-romance-rabindranath-tagore-and-assam","title":"A Quiet Romance: Rabindranath Tagore and Assam","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', sans-serif; font-size: 22px;\"\u003eThe enduring spirit of humanism in Tagore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', sans-serif; font-size: 22px;\"\u003eRabindranath Tagore’s reflections on Assam were long scattered across letters, essays, speeches, and brief observations—fragmented and often overlooked. Usharanjan Bhattacharya’s Bengali work Neel Shonalir Bani, translated as\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e A\u003c\/em\u003e Quiet Romance: Rabindranath Tagore and Assam\u003c\/span\u003e by Haimanti Mitra, brings these impressions together with clarity and depth. Tagore’s writings evoke the Himalayan foothills, dense forests, and Assamese society, highlighting its linguistic plurality and the coexistence of Assamese and Bengali cultures. He noted the mutual admiration between writers of both regions and acknowledged leading Assamese litterateurs.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe book also examines the literary environments of Assam and Bengal, where journals, correspondence, translations, songs, and criticism encouraged dialogue. It shows how the Tagore household, through Santiniketan, Visva-Bharati, and personal ties, nurtured this literary exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niyogi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50268711977197,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0355\/1415\/5141\/files\/hrlU0PQhCU.jpg?v=1783677238","url":"https:\/\/rekhtabooks.com\/hi\/products\/a-quiet-romance-rabindranath-tagore-and-assam","provider":"Rekhta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}