nobel prize for literature

It is not legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan but a Bengali literary giant who is the first songwriter (and first non-European) to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali was a song book and it won a Nobel in 1913, a win that precedes Dylan's by over a century!

Located in Bengal's rural hinterland, Santiniketan embodies Rabindranath Tagore's vision of a place of learning that is unfettered by religious and regional barriers. Not only did this unique institution help education go beyond the confines of the classroom, it nurtured some of the most creative minds in the country.