Tagore sesquicentennial: Pranab inaugurates bibliography on poet-laureate

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated a web-bibliography of works of, and by, Tagore, undertaken by the union ministry of culture to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore,

Apart from works by Tagore, literary criticism and other works on Tagore published in India or abroad have been included in the bibliography.

Speaking on the occasion Pranab Mukherjee said the 'national implementation committee' and ministry of culture have undertaken several projects to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore. The projects focus on the multi-faceted genius of Gurudev, through cultural programmes, films, publications, workshops, research works, digitisation programmes and seminars.

He said, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation had taken up the arduous task of compiling a web-bibliography of works by or on Tagore. The work is a result of the compilation work supervised by Tagore experts and scholars, involving as many as 20 libraries across the country for titles.

He added, the result was that over 9,000 books in 42 languages, both Indian and foreign, have been located so far. This is, indeed, the most comprehensive attempt undertaken for compiling the works by, and on, Tagore, or, for that matter, any literary figure.

Mukherjee said, the bibliography is an endeavour to bring a ready reckoner to scholars and readers of Rabindranath Tagore.