Tagore remembered in Barisal

The very young in celebration of the poet.

The 148th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was observed in Barisal last Friday with paying due homage to the great bard of Bengali literature.
Various educational institutions, socio-cultural organisations and Radio Bangladesh Barisal Centre chalked up interesting programmes to mark the day.
Kheyali Group Theatre at Abdul Khalek Auditorium and Mukto Bihanga Khelaghar Ashor at Mathuranath Public School in the city held daylong programmes which included recitation of Tagore's poems, dance and songs along with staging of Tagore plays and discussions on the life and works of the poet.
Speakers at the programme said Tagore was a major talent of Bengal and would continue to inspire the future generations.
As they said, Tagore is a “lighthouse” for the Bengalis. Tagore's works, they went on to add, were dedicated to the worship of truth, beauty and the inculcation of human values. He was a source of inspiration for major peoples' movements, struggles and revolutions, apart from boosting the creativity of the Bengali nation.