Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love
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This week in Daak: 1. Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love 2. Carry Your Stuff in Style 3. Daak Recommends 1. Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love Whether you found yourself celebrating Valentine’s Day last week or scoffing at the idea as capitalist propaganda to ritualize something deeply personal, love is an idea worth thinking about. In this poem, Tagore dwells on the elusive and capricious nature of love, which often appears on the vast landscape of our life unpredicted. And when it does, our life is immediately bisected into a before and after; it begins to seem like a grand scheme — even prior obsessions and half-loves which have faded away — leading us to this moment of realization. Tagore doesn’t bother dwelling on the longevity of this love. Instead, he clings to the ‘faith’ that life holds endless possibilities of such a transformative encounter.
Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love
Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem…
Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love
This week in Daak: 1. Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love 2. Carry Your Stuff in Style 3. Daak Recommends 1. Love after Love: Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem, On the Nature of Love Whether you found yourself celebrating Valentine’s Day last week or scoffing at the idea as capitalist propaganda to ritualize something deeply personal, love is an idea worth thinking about. In this poem, Tagore dwells on the elusive and capricious nature of love, which often appears on the vast landscape of our life unpredicted. And when it does, our life is immediately bisected into a before and after; it begins to seem like a grand scheme — even prior obsessions and half-loves which have faded away — leading us to this moment of realization. Tagore doesn’t bother dwelling on the longevity of this love. Instead, he clings to the ‘faith’ that life holds endless possibilities of such a transformative encounter.