One of India’s most cherished renaissance figures Rabindranath Tagore (1861- 1941), put us on the literature map of the world when his "Gitanjali" was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1913. Tagore wrote well over 100 stories. He created stories from his own experience – love, social relationships, the correspondence between man and nature and the supernatural.

Galpo Gucchho (short stories) have been translated and read in many languages of the world. Once There was A King and The Home Coming help the adults understand the child’s mind. Post Office is a story of how an ordinary girl looks at life. The Kabuliwala is one of the most lovable characters in Indian fiction, a robust man from far away hills yearns for an embrace from five-year-old child. The innocence of the child; the willingness to accept anyone as their own is its significant theme.

Tagore's worldwide acclaim has a social, political, religious and aesthetic thinker, innovator in education and champion of the "One World" idea makes him a living presence.