The 158th anniversary of birth of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore was observed across the country on Wednesday. Different socio cultural organisations chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the day. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs organised a discussion meeting and cultural programme at Shilpakala Academy premises in the capital, marking the bard’s 158th birth anniversary.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khalid and Professor Emeritus of Dhaka University Anisuzzaman were, among others, present at the programme. Meanwhile, a three-day festival was inaugurated in Shilaidaha under Kumarkhali upazila of the district on Wednesday to celebrate the 158th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore – BSS adds.
Cultural Ministry and Kushtia District Administration jointly organised the programme while AKM Sarwar Jahan Badsha, MP, inaugurated it as the chief guest. On the occasion, a discussion meeting was held at Shilaidaha Kuthibari with Deputy Commissioner of Kushtia and chairman of the celebration committee Md Aslam Hossain in the chair.
Director-2 of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Wahida Musarrot Anita and Additional Police Superintendent KM Johirul Islam took part the discussion as special guests while Professor Sarowar Murshed of Islamic University was present as prime discussant. The Kuthibari has been renovated and decorated for the occasion and a huge number of Tagore lovers crowded here to observe the programmes on poet’s life and works which beginning at 10am and will continue till 5pm every day.
A Mela has been also set up on the premises of the Kuthibari. Security measures have been beefed up in and around the Kuthibari. Robindranath Tagore, who introduced Bengali language to the world, came to Shelaidaha in November 1889 to look after his family estate. He translated Gitanjali into prose poems in English while spending a significant time of his life here (Kuthibari).
On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 Bengali calendar, Rabindranath, the fountainhead of Bengali wisdom, was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata. The legendary poet breathed his last at his paternal residence in Kolkata on Sraban 22 of Bangla year 1348 (August 7, 1941).
