Every year on May 7, as the morning sun filters through the gulmohar trees in our neighborhood, I find myself drawn to the quiet wisdom of Rabindranath Tagore. Born in 1861, Tagore was not just a poet or philosopher—he was a soul who sang of freedom, empathy, and the boundless beauty of the human spirit. This year, as we mark his 164th birth anniversary, I pause to reflect on what his legacy means to a parent, a writer, and a citizen of this ever-evolving nation. 🕊️ A Poet Who Gave Us Wings Tagore’s words have a way of entering our hearts like a breeze—gentle, persistent, and transformative. His Gitanjali won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, but it’s his everyday verses, his Rabindra Sangeet, and his vision for Visva-Bharati University that continue to shape generations. He didn’t just write poems; he wrote pathways to inner freedom. “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.” This line, etched in my memory, often finds its way into bedt...