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Hidden Histories: The Bard of Bengali

Rabindranath Tagore is perhaps the most famous poet you’ve never heard of, but his bust sits in...

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13.30 14 Apr 2019


Hidden Histories: The Bard of Bengali


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13.30 14 Apr 2019


Rabindranath Tagore is perhaps the most famous poet you’ve never heard of, but his bust sits in St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, not far from one honouring W.B Yeats.

With this weekend marking the centenary of the Amritsar Massacre - an event which had a profound impact on the Indian poet - it seems only right to honour “the Bard of Bengali”.

For another edition of Hidden Histories; Sean Defoe is joined by Donal Fallon to discuss.


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