8 November 2011 at 7 pm
The Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London W1K 1HF

Rabindranath Tagore, the ardent defender of public liberty, once made a grievous mistake of accepting an invitation of the fascist dictator Mussolini. This incident gave rise to an international backlash that caused repercussions, especially amongst the left-wing press in Europe.

In the end, Tagore had to diffuse the situation by writing a long letter to Charles Andrews explaining in detail the background of his invitation. The letter was published in The Manchester Guardian on 5 August 1926. 

A re-edited version of the letter, in translation, was subsequently published in several papers in the European Press. However, it took some time to clear the misunderstandings surrounding Tagore's visit to Mussolini's Italy...

Please do join us at this talk and hear of this strange meeting of two very different minds!

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