New Delhi: In a facinating post on Twitter, Shashi Tharoor shared a picture of a note that Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore had written to Jawaharlal Nehru after fully reading his autobiography. The note that is handwritten and dates back to 1936 will surely evoke a sense of nostalgia among history affcianados.
Tagore, in his letter to Pandit Nehru, said that he is “intensely impressed” after reading his book, and expressed that he is “proud” of his fabulous achievement.
This was Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s note to Pandit Nehru after reading his autobiography in 1936. Extraordinary and exquisite. pic.twitter.com/46PtaVJixG
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2020
“Dear Jawaharlal, I have just finished reading your great book and I feel intensely impressed and proud of your achievement. Through all its details there runs a deep current of humanity which overpasses the tangles of facts and leads us to the person who is greater than his deeds and truer than his surroundings. Yours very sincerely, Rabindranath Tagore,” is the contents of the letter dated May 31, 1936.
Shashi Tharoor’s post has caught the attention of Twitteratis with almost 7,000 likes and 1300 retweets. In the comments section of his post, netizens exxpressed their opinions.
“One seldom comes across the word ‘overpass’ these days,” a user said.
“This was Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s note to Pandit Nehru after reading his autobiography in 1936. Extraordinary and exquisite,” Shashi Tharoor said in the caption of his post.
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