Tea, Art & Tagore

Tea, Arts And Tagore this Mother's Day Month

Who is Tagore?

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore is best described as a world poet, writer, composer, philosopher and painter, he reshaped Bengali literature & music, as well as Indian art in the late 19th & early 20th centuries- a global pioneer who recognized and popularized women empowerment. He became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Why celebrate Tagore even today?

His thoughts, works & emotions are timeless and contemporary even today.

It is therefore not just nostalgia but the depth and breath of intellect in which one can submerge…

Why Tagore on Mother’s Day month?

The theme of “Mother and Child” resonated in multiple works of Tagore. For him, mother is not only the biological mother but also the nation symbolised as mother and mother nature….

These works typically explore the profound, unconditional love between a mother and child, focusing on themes of innocence, divine love, and emotional security.

Tea, Art & Tagore this Mother’s Day Month
The Exhibition @ Maya Emporium (May/June 2026) features the theme of mother & child and a few artefacts representing Tagore’s favourites….

The Beginning

Here is the excerpts of the poem written by Nobel laureate #RabindranathTagore in 1913 featuring the conversation between a mother and her child….It was published as a collection of child-focused poems in the book: “The Crescent Moon”, published by Macmillan, London.

The child asks, “Where have I come from, where did you pick me up?” & the mother responds in her own creative way….

This is part of the ‘Tea, Art & Tagore this Mother’s Day Month’ exhibition @ Maya Emporium (May/June 2026) featuring the theme of mother & child and a few artefacts representing Tagore’s favourites and of course his favourite #DarjeelingTea….

The year 2021 marked the 160th anniversary of Tagore & it was then that we initiated the Video summaries project titled, “Not Only Zamindar’s wife- A relook into the women of Bengal through the eyes of Tagore”. Tagore was one of the global pioneers who recognized and popularized this perspective on women. In his words, “For we women are not only the deities of the household fire, but the flame of the soul itself.” Through this project, we translated a few of his pioneering works highlighting Tagore’s female protagonists.

This project (still continuing) that include exhibiting/promoting his arts/literature masterpieces, creating video summaries of his works with a focus on his female protagonists.

An ideal tea-time visits to the alleys of nostalgia….