thakur thakbe kotokhon???

After 150 years the magic of Tagore is still alive? or its just the myth??He is the cultural icon of our country, more precisely of our Bengal..we take pride in his works,but how significant he is in today's life???will it be some how different if Tagore was not born 15o yrs ago?well,I suppose it would have been different in many people's life but of course not in every one's life.The writer,philosopher,painter,poet and a thinker of the future left this footprint in every segment of our culture,literature,society,politics.....shantiniketan's security guards were not able to protect his Nobel prize but have we been able to follow the paths which were been shown by him??This year I saw every news channels made special episode on his man to pay tribute on his 150 th birthday..I don't know how many of us really respect him but certainly he did one job very efficiently..there are in numerous artists who are making their money by selling this man..what makes him more valuable to many of them..isn't it??still now TV shows on Tagore always rises the trps..so its a good business indeed.but if we had genuinely followed his paths we could have earned more profits in every aspect..now a days from every politician to film maker is very much interested in Tagore..I recently heard an interview by SAIF ALI KHAN where he said that the novel PARINEETA by Tagore is a masterpiece!!!! just imagine..his songs are still the best seller every year in Bengal at least..the visualization or the choreography which are imparted on rabindrasangeet now a days,most of the times they are so cheap and sometimes even vulgar that is really hard to digest..a true admirer of music is able to visualize a scene just by listening it..Copyrights have been withdrawn, it doesn't mean that we have got the right to sell anything in the name of TAGORE just for business.This year every political parties during Kolkata civic poll election used Rabi thakur's poems,his writings for their campaign without proper meaning ,just to prove themselves culturally literate.What I feel as bengali,if there is one single person who really understands our souls,he is tagore.No need to say he is immortal by his work,don't sell out or utilize this person for anyone's mean purpose..

Ei dinota khôma kôro, probhu,

Pichhon-pane takai jodi kobhu.

Diner tape roudrojalae shukae mala pujar thalae,

Shei mlanota khôma kôro, khôma kôro, probhu.