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Tagore on the Dialectics of Light and Darkness

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The Elemental Dialectic of Light and Darkness

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The vast span of Rabindranath Tagore’s (1961–1941) works abounds with various moments of the dialectic of light and darkness. In this paper, I shall treat only a few selections.

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  1. R.R. 10, pp. 99–105. Ibid., p. 107.

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  2. R.R. 6, pp. 303–361. R.R. 6, pp. 521–560. “ Ibid., p. 559.

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  3. R.R. 12, Dharma (religion), pp. 9–14.

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  4. R.R. 12, Santiniketan (Lectures delivered at Santiniketan temple), pp. 124–126.

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  5. Ibid., pp. 126–128.

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  6. Some such songs may be sung while presenting the paper.

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  7. Shona, op. cit., R.R. 12, p.127.

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  8. Chhinna-patrabali (stray letters), letter no. 73, R.R. 11, p. 82.

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  9. Gitabitan (Tagore’s song-book), R.R. 4, p. 58.

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  10. R.R. 3, pp. 347–384; Patraput means a leafy pot.

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  11. R.R. 3, pp. 631–673.

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  12. Gitabitan, R.R. 4, p. 381.

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Ray, S. (1992). Tagore on the Dialectics of Light and Darkness. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) The Elemental Dialectic of Light and Darkness. Analecta Husserliana, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3296-3_6

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