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Bengali Flower: 50 Poems from India and Bangladesh with Psalms, Proverbs & Scripture
Bengali Flower 50 Poems from India and Bangladesh with Psalms Proverbs Scripture Author:John Scott Poetry from India and Bangladesh from Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), writer and poet from India and what is now Bangladesh. Tagore toured widely throughout the world in an effort to bring Eastern culture to the west and vice-versa and this cross-cultural effort, reflects the purpose of this book. Included in this version are Psalms, Prover... more »bs and Scripture from a number of translations. Additionally, this collection contains a biography of Tagore, as well as sections on India, Kolkota (Calcutta), and Bangladesh. There are many charts and maps, featuring such topics as, 23 major languages of India, the 50 most populous cities of India, the religions of India and Bangladesh, a 500 word Bengali dictionary primer. Bengali is the fifth most spoken language in the world. By learning a little of another's language, along with tasting the culture, geography, and way of thinking of other cultures, we are creating bridges rather than walls, which is the purpose of this book.« less