Established in 1985, by co-founders Sakti Bhattacharyya and Kalyan Kundu, the Tagore Centre UK exists to promote and disseminate the prodigious creativity of Rabindranath Tagore, a myriad-minded literary Colossus, an outstanding thinker of the 20th Century and the first non-European recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Tagore Centre UK is as a charity, no: 800060, with a written constitution, run by a democratically elected Executive Committee.
The centre was formally housed at Alexandra Park Library from 1985 to 2020, and was a cultural hub for all communities. It also had a branch in Glasgow at the Mitchell Library.
Owing to the refurbishment of Alexandra Park Library in 2022 the premise of The Tagore Centre UK for 35 years had to close permanently. However, in 2022, the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies has given the centre a valuable space to operate.
This is the new home of The Tagore Centre UK – a beginning of a new dawn.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Tagore was a poet, philosopher, novelist, singer, lyricist, painter, playwright, educationalist and environmentalist. He was the composer of the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh. His body of literature which upholds universal humanistic values is deeply sympathetic to the dignity of women and the socioeconomically deprived common person.
As most of his works are in Bengali, which poses a barrier for those who don’t speak the language, interested readers across the world have been so moved by the sublime tone of his writings that they have opted to learn Bengali in order to access his works as well as the unique musical genre created by him – Rabindrasangeet – in the original.
What we do
Seminars and events
The Tagore Centre regularly runs events and seminars based on Tagore’s work as well as holding lectures given by distinguished scholars in their specialist fields with topics based on Tagore and his work. These are held at venues and all members are welcome to attend.
As a publishing house, we have produced books aimed at children, students, scholars and the general public – many of these are translations of Tagore’s actual stories as well as information about the man himself. All of our publications, which we commission and produce, are in English
Executive Committee
Chairperson
Mr Sunith Lahiri
Vice Chairperson
Mr Sanjay Dasgupta
Dr Sunrita Dhar Bhattacharya
Treasurer
Mrs Mimi Ray
General Secretary
Mrs Modhusree Dey -Ghatak
Cultural Secretary
Mrs Srabantika Dasgupta
Committee Members
Sipra Adhya
Dr Suvradeep Bhattacharya
Photik Biswas
Dr Kalyan Kundu (founder member and academic advisor)
Dr Devi Kundu (founder member)
Atul Patel
Biddyut Saha
Administrator
Sandra Menzies
Digital
John Kundu
Contact details
Email: contactus@tagorecentre.org.uk
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