Songs of Freedom: The idea of liberty is woven into the fabric of Indian poetry

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This piece in Scroll explores how ideas of freedom travel through poetry and music—an approach I often bring into my thematic presentations.

Rabindranath Tagore’s Where the Mind is Without Fear demonstrates how deeply the concept of freedom is woven into the fabric of Indian poetry. While our discourse on independence often gravitates towards the historic struggle against colonial rule, Indian poets have long explored freedom’s multifaceted dimensions – from the personal to the social, economic, spiritual, and political.

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