This book brings together the entire gamut of Umashankar's writings on Rabindranath Tagore. His readings are marked by a careful location of Tagore's creative vitality - he reacts as a poet to the world of Tagore. The volume also brings together several addresses that Umashankar delivered at Santiniketan, delving deep into the problems of India's education system. Another perceptive essay deals with Rabindranath's impact on Gujarati literature.
An Indian writer writing in Gujarati— Umashankar Joshi (1911-1988) preferred to introduce himself like this. Over five decades he played a significant role in the public life of Gujarat and the country and he had imbibed himself the multifarious Indian culture. He served in various capacities such as Acharya (Chancellor) of Visva-Bharati (1979-1982), Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat University (1966-1972), President of Sahitya Akademi (1978-1982) and member of several educational, cultural and literary institutions of the country.
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