VOLUME NO.1, ISSUE NO.4 ISSN 2277-1182 1 RABINDRANATH TAGORE’S GITANJALI: A SOURCE OF EXPERIENCING PEACE AND HARMONY Radhika Mukherjee Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Dnyanasadhana College, Thane Email: radhika.mukherjee_2011@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Rabindranath Tagore, the minstrel of Mother India, occupies a frontal position in the galaxy of the prophets of Humanism. He became the first- ever Asian writer to be awarded a Nobel Prize in 1913 for translated version of his cycle of song-poems, Gitanjali. It is noteworthy to know that Rabindranath Tagore’s creations and activities has a common feeling that is his love for Man in other words his love for humanity by enforcing the values of humanity such as peace and harmony in the nation at large. Tagore’s poetry Gitanjali reflects his desperate efforts to see the world to live in peace and harmony in reality. He strives hard and hard to foster the values of humanity and bring the happiness in the land by encouraging the masses to love one another, live in peace and lead a harmonious life full of contentment. Tagore’s goal is to channelize the streams of nationalism to the direction of universalism by freeing human soul from all bondage and pettiness of the world and thereby transcending itself into a search for universal love and brotherhood that the Lord provides to the mankind. This paper is an attempt to get a glimpse of Tagore’s philosophy of humanism. This paper aims at studying Rabindranth Tagore’s Poetry Gitanjali as the poetry that fosters peace and harmony in the Nation at large. Keywords: Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore RESEARCH PAPER Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is distinguished for being a man with numerous dimensional personalities and is the most eminent Bengali renaissance poet, philosopher, essayist, critic, composer and educator who dreamt of a harmony of universal humanity among the people of different origin through freedom of mind and spiritual sovereignty. Rabindranath Tagore occupies a fore position in the galaxy of the prophets of Humanism. He became the first-ever Asian writer to be awarded a Nobel Prize in 1913 for translated version of his cycle of song-poems entitled Gitanjali. Rabindranath Tagore creations and activities has a common feeling that is his love for Man in other words his love for humanity by enforcing the values of humanity such as peace and harmony in the nation at large. He was a passionate Indian, but his nationalism transcendent