Embassy of Sweden Celebrates the Centenary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize in Literature – Marks the opening of Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2013 –
October 20, 2013, Kolkata: The Embassy of Sweden celebrates the Centenary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct 25-26 in Kolkata. The two-day activities also mark the beginning of the seventh edition of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2013.
On this occasion, the Embassy releases ‘Tagore in Sweden – 1921 & 1926’, a book which captures Rabindranath Tagore’s two visits to Sweden, written by Swedish scholar Dr Olavi Hemmilä.
The Embassy has also procured the original text of the Nomination for Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize from the Swedish Academy and will be bringing it to Kolkata.
The programme on the Oct 25 begins with the Ambassador of Sweden to India HE Mr Harald Sandberg, inaugurating the Nobel Memorial Wall (which commemorates the Indian Nobel Laureates) in the presence of General Manager of Metro Railways Kolkata, Mr Radhe Shyam at the Esplanade Metro Station. The wall will be a permanent structure at the busiest station in Kolkata. Another two temporary walls will be fabricated at Gitanjali (his Nobel Prize-winning work) and Shyam Bazaar (closest to his home in Jorasanko) metro stations for a week. In addition, there will be track side branding at Rabindra Sarobar.
The highpoint is of the Kolkata programme is Tagore, now! A panel discussion moderated by Tagore expert Dr Radha Chakravarty which aims to explore the relevance of the timeless poet, writer, philosopher in today’s day and age. Panelists include filmmaker Gautam Benegal, Swedish Tagore scholar Dr Olavi Hemmilä and academics Prof Sanjukta Das and Prof Anand Lal. This is followed by a theatre-installation ensemble by noted theatre person Parnab Mukherjee, who has created a special performance around Tagore’s Nobel acceptance speech especially for this occassion.
Tobias Degsell, a curator and educationist from the Nobel Museum, will conduct Spark of Creativity workshops for young business professional and teaches them how to be more creative, come up with new ideas and how to become better problem solvers.
There is also a Photo Exhibition ‘Sweden through Indian Eyes’. Impressions of Sweden are captured Kolkata-boy Abhijit Chakrabarty, winner of last year’s photo competition: Swedish Innovations-Indian interpretations.
Earlier in September, the Nobel Memorial Quiz was organised in Kolkata where a large number of college students vied for the regional title. The winning team from IIT Kharagpur will compete for the National title and an all-expenses paid trip to Sweden in New Delhi on November 16.
About The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2013:
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Event |
Date |
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| Inauguration of The Nobel Memorial Wall Exhibition commemorating Indian Nobel Laureates: Public Event | 25 Oct 2013 | Esplanade Metro Station. |
| Temporary Walls Exhibition commemorating Indian Nobel Laureates: Public Event | 25 Oct – 1 Nov
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GItanjali and Shyam Bazaar Metro Stations |
| Sweden Through Indian Eyes
Photo Exhibition: Public Event |
25 Oct 2013 | ICCR , Kolkata |
| Tagore Now: Panel Discussion & Theatre Performance
To explore the relevance of Gurudev and his works in today’s day and age. Public Event |
25 Oct 2013
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ICCR , Kolkata
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| Spark of Creativity workshop | 26 Oct 2013 | ICCR , Kolkata |
About The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2013:
The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week is a high-profile, multi-city, multi-activity annual event organized by the Embassy of Sweden in India in cooperation with leading Swedish businesses in India. The week is instituted in memory of Swedish innovator, entrepreneur & philanthropist Alfred Nobel and celebrates the Indian Nobel Laureates as well. The seventh edition of The Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week pays a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore, the first Indian to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, on the 100th year anniversary of his winning the prize.