Essays

A collection of historic essays that shaped humanity's intellectual landscape.

Essay · December 1, 1925

Striving for Swaraj

Rabindranath Tagore

Our wise men have warned us, in solemn accents of Sanskrit, to talk away as much as we like, but never to write it down. There are proofs, many of the...

Essay · September 1, 1925

The Cult of the Charka

Rabindranath Tagore

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray has marked me with his censure in printer's ink, for that I have been unable to display enthusiasm in the turning of the ...

Essay · November 1, 1921

The Union of Cultures

Rabindranath Tagore

It cannot but be admitted that this is a day of victory for the people of the West. The world is theirs to draw upon as they please and their stores a...

Essay · June 1, 1921

East and West in Greater India

Rabindranath Tagore

The History of India,— of whom is it the History? This history began with the day when the white-skinned Aryans, overcoming all obstacles, natural as ...

Essay · May 1, 1921

The Way to Get It Done

Rabindranath Tagore

The river may think that it divides a country, but it really brings one part nearer another by carrying commerce and keeping open a permanent way. In ...

Essay · April 1, 1921

A Cry for Peace

Rabindranath Tagore

The world is crying for peace. The West is desiring the restoration of peace through a League of Powers. But can Powers find their equilibrium in them...

Essay · April 1, 1921

Our Swadeshi Samaj

Rabindranath Tagore

We must clearly understand that in the present age it is not Samaj alone that guides the destiny of people, it is the Sarkar, the government. And if w...

Essay · June 1, 1917

The Spirit of Japan

Rabindranath Tagore

One morning the whole world looked up in surprise, when Japan broke through her walls of old habits in a night and came out triumphant. It was done in...

Essay · March 1, 1912

India's Epic

Rabindranath Tagore

Generally speaking poetry may be divided into two classes: some of them are the individual utterances of their authors, others breathe the voice of a ...

Essay · January 1, 1862

Walking

Henry David Thoreau

I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil. In Wildness is the preser...

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