Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based instead on cooperation and racial tolerance.
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Considerado como el más importante escritor contemporáneo de la India y uno de los fundamentales de la Literatura Universal del siglo XX, como reconociera la concesión del Premio Nobel de Literatura de 1913. Su magna obra, escrita en bengalí, se compone de 32 voluminosos tomos de sus Obras completas, más 19 volúmenes de Cartas, a la que se unen unas 2500 pinturas y 2350 composiciones musicales, entre las que se encuentran el actual himno de la India (Jana-Gana-Mana) y el de Bangladés (Amar Shonar Bangla).
