Indians say, read a poem of Tagore every day, all agony in the world has been forgotten at once.
	Asia's first Nobel laureate : Tagore : composer of India's national anthem, played a major role in reviving several art forms.
	For Tagore it was of the highest importance that people be able to live, and reason, in freedom.
	His attitudes toward politics and culture, nationalism and internationalism, tradition and modernity, can all be seen in the light of this belief