2. RABINDRANATH TAGORE : (1861 – 1941) NOTABLE AWARD : NOBLE PRIZE IN LITERATURE SOBRIQUET : GURUDEV TAGORE’S GITANGALI

3. GITANGALI * OFFERING SONGS * AUTHOR: RABINDRANATH TAGORE LANGUAGE : ENGLISH, BENGALI SUBJECT: “ DEVOTION TO GOD ” GENRE : POEM PUBLISHED ON : 1910 IN ENGLISH : 1912 COLLECTION OF POEMS : 103 TRANSLATED FROM BENGALI: 53 POEMS OTHERS : 50 FROM HIS DRAMAS

4. DEFINITION The English Gitanjali became very famous in the West. gitanjali - "gita", song "anjali", offering – "An offering of songs"; "prayer offering of song".

5. THEME HOW MANKIND CAN BE UNITED BY THE RELIGIOUS BOND OF LOVE AND COMPASSION. VANITY AND HUNGER FOR POWER. SPIRITUAL BOND AND SERVICE TO HUMANITY

6. ACTIVITY ! 1. GITANJALI MEANS --------------------- A)PRAISING GOD B)OFFERING SONGS C)MOURNING POEM

7. ACTIVITY !! 1. AUTHOR OF THIS POEM ----------- 2.TELL THE YEAR OF GETTING THE NOBLE PRIZE ? 3.MENTION ANY ONE OF THE THEME IN GITANJALI ? THANK YOU