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Tagore's Ideas on Education That India's Schooling System Has Still Refused to Learn

The School He Built to Prove a PointIn 1901, Tagore opened Patha Bhavana in Santiniketan with five students and no walls. Classes were held outdoors, under the shade of trees, because he believed that separating a child from nature was the first act of educational violence. He had hated his…

Times Life · Jul 7

Pantoea Tagorei | Visva-Bharati discovers new bacteria, names it after Rabindranath Tagore

“This is a plant growth promoting bacteria which will prove to be a game-changer in agriculture. It has shown immense capability to boost the cultivation of paddy, pea and chilli,” microbiologist Bomba Dam said from Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

The Hindu · Dec 24, 2023

BJP hints at damage control at Visva-Bharati after Centre seeks withdrawal of controversial plaques

A row had erupted with the Visva-Bharati University administration putting up plaques at the University to commemorate the inclusion of Santiniketan as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Hindu · Nov 18, 2023

West Bengal: Tagore’s home Santiniketan makes it to UNESCO World Heritage list

Santiniketan, the popular town in West Bengal, is famed as the place where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore established the Visva-Bharati University over a century ago. It has now been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, making it great news for the country.

The Times of India · Sep 18, 2023

Santiniketan finds a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage list

India had been striving for long to get a UNESCO tag for this cultural site located in Birbhum district.

The Hindu · Sep 17, 2023

Visva-Bharati hits out at Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, calls him ‘a migrant traveller’

The Santiniketan-based Visva-Bharati has issued a press release criticising — without naming him — Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, whom the university accuses of being in illegal possession of its land.

The Hindu · Jul 7, 2023

Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen

Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen. The controversy surrounding the Nobel laureate's ancestral home is part of a larger ideological battle to claim Bengali culture and politics

The Hindu · May 11, 2023

Santiniketan in tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage list

Santiniketan recommended for inclusion in UNESCO world heritage list by an ICOMOS

The Hindu · May 10, 2023

Amartya Sen moves HC against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen moved the Calcutta High Court, appealing against a notice of the Visva-Bharati university that asked him to vacate 13 decimal of land at his Santiniketan residence by May 6.

The Hindu · May 4, 2023

Mamata Banerjee asks Ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen's house over eviction notice

West Bengal CM has asked State ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to protest against the Visva-Bharati’s eviction notice

The Hindu · May 3, 2023