Meghalaya seeks central aid for Tagore complex in Shillong
Meghalaya seeks central aid for Tagore complex in Shillong
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Meghalaya minister Sanbor Shullai urged the Union Minister of Culture and Tourism for the construction of a Tagore Cultural Complex in Shillong. CM Shullai in his talks with G.K Reddy asked for permission to set up a complex in Riblong locality here.

The Meghalaya arts and culture minister discussed the issue related to the construction of the building, under the Tagore Cultural Complex Scheme. In talks with the Union minister in the national capital on Friday, Shullai sought Reddy’s intervention. He said it will be a token of appreciation for the state’s association with Rabindranath Tagore. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s romance with Shillong is poised to be continued through the setting up of the Tagore Cultural Complex. The complex will be built at Brookside bungalow at Rilbong where the state Legislative Assembly is temporarily housed. And so the proposal in the same regard has been submitted by the state government and the Centre’s approval is awaited. Informing this Commissioner and Secretary in charge of Art and Culture Department, FR Kharkongor said here that the cultural complex will be set up under the Tagore Cultural Complex Scheme at the idyllic Brookside bungalow where Tagore had stayed during his maiden visit to Shillong in 1919.

The Nobel laureate had visited Shillong. which was then the capital of undivided Assam, in 1919, 1923, and 1927. When the poet wrote ‘Shesher Kobita’ which was also his last poem during his visit to south India in 1928, 13 of the 17 chapters of the book were inspired by his stay in Shillong. ''I met the Union minister and urged the Ministry to sanction the Tagore complex before the state celebrates its 50th year next year,'' Sanbor said. If the complex comes up in the Meghalaya state capital, it would be the first Tagore Cultural Complex in the Northeastern region, Shullai said. 

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