Embassy of India celebrated the 161st birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranth Tagore, one of the greatest sons of India. on 7 May. The event was attended by many ambassadors and members of the diplomatic community in Kuwait, media persons and members of the Indian community.
Ambassador of India H.E. Sibi George while delivering his remarks on the occasion remembered Gurudev’s immense contribution in the making of India. He said that every major work of Tagore, his poems, songs, novels, short stories and dramas, were imbued with the dominating idea of transcending the narrow for a greater, all-embracing, humane ideal. It was this realization, that narrow, local, national and regional differences are to be sublimated in the search for eternal values, that led Tagore to create Visva Bharati — the ‘India of the World’ or the ‘Universal India’.
Ambassador George unveiled the portrait of Gurudev Rabindranth Tagore at the embassy and paid floral tributes before the portrait. Floral tributes were also placed before the portrait by other ambassadors and their spouses present at the celebrations, as well as by officers and family members of the Embassy and members of the Indian Community in Kuwait.
Winners of a drawing/painting competition, which was held to mark ‘Tagore Jayanti’, were also felicitated by the ambassador during the event. In addition, the ambassador distributed prizes to the winners of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) online quiz that is being held every week by the embassy. A reading session by readers of the Embassy’s Indian Readers Network (IRN) was also held where the members of the network read some of the excerpts from the prominent books authored by Gurudev Tagore.
The event included cultural performances based on Rabindra Sangeet by local artists , including Bengali classical group dance, patriotic dance, sambalpuri folk dance, Bihu Dance and singing among others.
The event witnessed enthusiastic response with people from different walks of life in Kuwait participating virtually as well as in person.
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