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China set to donate Rs.5.36 million to Tagore Museum in Kolkata | China would reportedly donate 5.36 million rupees (116,500 dollars) for the establishment of a gallery on 'Rabindranath and China' in Kolkata's Tagore
Museum. According to Xinhua, an agreement has been signed between the Chinese
Ministry of Culture and Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata at Tagore House.
Mao Siwei, Consul General of China in Kolkata claimed that Rabindranath Tagore
was very popular in China and that the country had published the Complete Works
of Tagore in 24 volumes ten years ago. "As far as I know, Chinese is the language
which has done the most for Tagore's publications, second only to Indian languages
and English. In the ancient times we learned Buddhism from India; in the modern
age we have been inspired by Rabindranath Tagore, the great son of Bengal," he
added. He further quoted Rabindranath Tagore as saying, "When I had my invitation
to China, from my friends in Peking, I was greatly delighted. I felt it was a
great opportunity for me to renew the deep spiritual relationship between our
two peoples which was established long ago." The China Gallery would reportedly
be inaugurated in May 2011, to mark Rabindranath Tagore's 150-year Birth Anniversary. |
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