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This article searches for Tagore's political thought by an analysis of his songs. Existing literature has largely focussed on Tagore's novels, letters, poems and short stories to understand his political vision. In this article, I argue that in tandem with his literary compositions, Tagore's musical creations also have the potential to shed much light on his political thought. A keen observer of social upheavals, Tagore aimed to resolve the specific problems which were paralysing the Bengal of his times. So emerged his songs promoting Hindu–Muslim unity, India's composite culture and spiritual regeneration of the human soul. Beneath these apparently different themes, there remained an urge for universalism, fraternity and unity which was abound in his musical expositions. This article deconstructs Tagore's songs to analyse their meaning and their relation to the wider contemporary cultural ambience. The political thought of Tagore, as reflected in his songs, however, should not be interpreted independent of and abstracted from his literary contributions. This article, therefore, situates his songs in the ongoing discourse on Tagore's political thought, alongside his stories, poems and novels.

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