Book on Tagore launched in Delhi

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Dhaka University’s Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique presented the first copy to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 8.

A joint initiative, the book has a series of papers and articles written as part of the international conference on “Contemporising Tagore and the World”.

The conference had been organised in Dhaka two years ago as part of the joint state-level celebrations by India and Bangladesh of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore.

The conference drew wide participation from scholars and Tagore researchers from across the world including Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands.

According to a media release by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s UPL Publishers published the book.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations President Karan Singh, Director General Suresh K Goel, members of the Steering Committee of the International Conference – Prof Imtiaz Ahmed, Prof Anisuzzaman, Prof Syed Shamsul Haque, Asaduzzaman Noor, Muchkund Dubey and Veena Sikri – were present among others during the ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.