UN HONOURS BANGLADESHI POET TAGORE FOR MESSAGES OF TOLERANCE AND HARMONY

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UN HONOURS BANGLADESHI POET TAGORE FOR MESSAGES OF TOLERANCE AND
HARMONYNew York, May 30 2013 7:00PMThe United Nations today honoured
the Bangladeshi Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, whose collection
of poetry, <i>Gitanjali</i>, and its universal message of harmony are
the focus of an event at the Headquarters in New York aimed at
promoting mutual respect and cross-cultural understanding.

"Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel
thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life,"
sang in Bangali Rizwana Chowdhury Bonnya, singer and associate
professor at Dhaka University, in an interpretive presentation of Mr.
Tagore's poem, "Endless, you have made me."

Hers was one of a dozen lingual expressions of Mr. Tagore's poems that
included representatives from Argentina, China, France, Japan and
South Korean, among others.

"His poems and music are like prayers for one's self enrichment,
purification and salvation," said Vice-President of the General
Assembly, Abulkalam Abdul Momen.

A fellow Bangladeshi, Mr. Momen praised Mr. Tagore as a role model,
"His firm stance against communalism and all forms of fanaticism
serves us as a constant reminder of the need to remain vigilant and
united in our total rejection of all forms of violence, bigotry and
injustice."

Mr. Tagore's poems were honoured with the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1913, the first time an Asian poet was awarded the prize. The Nobel is
presented "for lasting literary merit and for evidence of consistent
idealism."

At the time of his selection, the Nobel committee praised Mr. Tagore's
"profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with
consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own
English words, a part of the literature of the West."

The event was part of an ongoing series organized by the UN Department
of Public Information's Academic Impact initiative, which brings
together experts from leading think tanks and academic institutions in
the New York area to exchange ideas with senior UN officials.

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was
service. I acted and behold, service was joy," Mr. Momen said quoting
Mr. Tagore.

In addition to artistic endeavours, Mr. Tagore started the
Visva-Bharati University in the town of Shantiniketan which is
described as "his life's work."

"Instead of any clash of civilization, it was to be a place where
students and teachers from the East and the West would sit together
and learn from each other in a common pursuit of truth," said Mr.
Momen.

Also today, the second World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue opened in
Baku, Azerbaijan.

Speaking in the opening ceremony, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, the UN
High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, urged
participants to take an active role in creating a peaceful, diverse
environment.

"There are many people around the world who stand for diversity and
inclusion, and who know that it is indispensable to live in peace and
prosperity," he said. "As leaders from Governments, corporate sector,
civil society, our role and responsibility is to hear their voice and
expectations and to empower them to counter the forces of polarization
and hatred."

He noted that while the whole world will not automatically change
after the conclusion of this forum, "I am convinced that through our
joint efforts we can do our part to promote the noble goals of the
Baku Forum, foster international peace and security and strengthen
relations between nations and cultures."

In his speech, given alongside Irina Bokova, Director General of the
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Mr.
Al-Nasser quoted from Mahatma Gandhi, who is considered a close friend
of Mr. Tagore's, "No culture can live if it attempts to be
exclusive."May 30 2013 7:00PM
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