South Korea Celebrates Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th Birth Anniversary Inspiring a Generation of Freedom Fighters
Nearly 4,000 kilometres away from his birthplace in undivided Bengal, a bust of Rabindranath Tagore adorns a bustling street in Seoul’s Jongno district, near Marronnier Park, quietly observing the multitude of passers-by. Erected in 2011 in a university neighbourhood by the South Korean government to mark the Nobel laureate’s 150th birth anniversary, the monument stands […]