Tagore’s song : In tune with monsoon
With the onset of monsoon, it is not only the rain that Bengalis look forward to. It is yet another season when they like to drench in Rabindra Sangeet aka Tagore's song
“My heart dances like a peacock
Rejoicing, reeling in the monsoon…
starry blossoms spewed adrift,
Resonating to the drumbeats of rain…”
(Translation of Rabindra Sangeet)
Rains have inspired so many writers. After all it inspires life. But many would argue that all Rabindranath Tagore’s songs sound the same after a point of time. So what’s so unique about his rain songs? Where is “the magic”?
I could not find the magic till the time I kept floating on the surface of his literary ocean. As I delved deeper, I realised it has more than what you just hear. Rabindra Sangeet is something that ...
