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Tagores Nobel Prize Theft

Published: July 26, 2017, 9 a.m.

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Rabindranath Tagore, the celebrated Bengali writer, is one of the greatest figures in modern South Asian history. In 1913, Tagore became the first non-westerner to win a Nobel Prize, but just over a decade ago, his Nobel medal was stolen \\u2013 and still hasn\\u2019t been found. This episode looks at Tagore\\u2019s legacy, how his songs and poems are ubiquitous in Bengali life, how he inspired revolutionaries and reformers in South Asia, and how his suspicion of all nationalisms - even anti-colonial nationalism - makes his work feel thoroughly contemporary and relevant today.

Presented by Kanishk Tharoor\\nProduced by Maryam Maruf

Contributors: Arunava Sinha; Rahul Tandon; and Saroj Mukherji

With thanks to Minu Tharoor; CS Mukherji; and Sudeshna Guha

Image: An unseen vendor picks up a cut out photo of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore\\nCredit: Getty Images

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