Tagore - The Big Vision

Contents

Welcome

The Wisdom of Tagore • Satish Kumar

A tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

Quotes

Look to this Day • Rabindranath Tagore

Yesterday is but a dream

Geographical Boundaries • Rabindranath Tagore

The East and West must join hands in pursuit of truth

I Slept and Dreamt • Rabindranath Tagore

I have become my own version of an optimist

Frontline

Whose Land is it Anyway? • Lorna Howarth

Environmentalist Lester Brown warns of a new age of hunger

Home Farm Project • Lorna Howarth

An alternative future for African agriculture

The Tree of Life Forest • Lorna Howarth

Germinating hope in Haiti

Love Where You Live • Lorna Howarth

Litter is a matter of bad design

Rethinking the Age of Stupid • Lorna Howarth

Cinema for social change

It's Cool To Be Kind • Lorna Howarth

Creating a chain reaction of generosity

Timeless Tagore

Universal Tagore • Mark Tully

Introducing the poet and his big vision

Who Was Rabindranath Tagore? • Ketaki Kushari Dyson

Tagore's packed life was full of many outstanding achievements

We Are All Related • Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore shares his thoughts on the unity of all life

The Great Truth • Rabindranath Tagore

The poet reveals his vision of 'right' education

In the Field • Reba Som

The often overlooked story of Tagore's pioneering work in rural development

A Meeting of Minds • Amiya Chakravarty

Excerpts from a conversation between both men in 1930

The Mathematician and the Mystic • Andrew Robinson & Dipankar Home

How Tagore and Einstein tussled with the great question: What is reality?

A Precious Legacy • Ursula King

How Tagore and the Elmhirsts founded Dartington Hall in Devon

Tagore Festival Highlights • Victoria Whelan

Presenters and performers at the Tagore Festival, Dartington

The Jiban-debata • William Radice

Exploring the mysterious force that underpinned Tagore's life and work

The Relevance of Tagore • Deepak Chopra

Tagore's poetry and philosophy are as relevant today as ever

A Vision to Serve • Satish Kumar

Sharing a personal selection of Tagore's transformative poetry

A Visual Expression • Sanjoy Kumar Mallik

Tagore started painting later in life, but his work is still influencing modern Indian art

Kabuliwallah • Rabindranath Tagore

A short story by Rabindranath Tagore

Regulars

Voice From The South - Forests and Freedom • Vandana Shiva

Forests have been central to India's creative expression through centuries

A Sense of Place - Rethinking Conservation • Fiona Reynolds

The time is ripe for a new relationship with the natural world

The Occasional Didymus - The High Ground • John Moat

Novelist John Moat looks back fondly on his first summer with a non-motorised lawnmower

Letters to the Editors - Different Coices

A selection of letters from our readers

Members' Page - Dance of Life • Victoria Whelan

Tagore was a man ahead of his time

Members' Page - Tagore and Dartington Exhibition • Andy Christian

Curating the work of a poet eight times as prolific as Milton was a challenge

Members' Page - Beautiful Wales • Lucy Baird

A report from the Resurgence group in Wales

Reviews

Inner Depth • Meron Shapland

Review of A Taste of Tagore

Kinship with Nature • Shanta Acharya

Review of I Won't Let You Go: Selected Poems

The Professor and the Poet • Kenny Munro

Review of A Meeting of Two Minds: Geddes Tagore Letters

The Meaning of Existence • Chris Clarke

Review of Einstein: A Hundred Years of Reality

Leading By Example • Rupert Sheldrake

Review of Harmony: A New Way of Looking At Our World

Pale Green • Elizabeth Wainwright

Review of The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature

Story of A Spiritual Agnostic • Michael Meacher

Review of Destination of the Species: The Riddle of Human Existence

Web Exclusives

Article - Plastic Islands • Lorna Howarth

Cleaning up the seas by creating artificial landmasses

Article - Gaza Youth Manifesto

Students in the Gaza strip feel betrayed by the international community

Article - Evolutionary Leadership • Richard Barrett

We already have a blueprint for a new kind of leadership