Rabindranath Tagore and Philosophy of Environmental Education

Keywords

Upanishad, Mukhtadhara, modern Philosophy.

Abstract

Tagore’s worldly outlook springs from views embedded in the Upanishad. His philosophy is pillared by ancient Indian world outlook for sustainable development and eco-ethical human living. In the omega environment, a question may arise are we conscious enough regarding about the Tagore’s geo-environmental awareness? The answer is, yes we are but not up to demark. We are polluting, concrete dam, unnecessary wastes, toxic chemicals, bomb, war fear weapons which intern herms (own) to our mother earth. We are working against of nature. But the relevance of Tagore’s thought is contemporary. We are moving again to destroy the concrete dams and embankment (Decommissioning of Dam) in USA. We are spreading this ecological thought in our present life through the enacting of his dramas like “Mukhtadhara”, played on Lipica Auditorium (Santiniketan) by the students of Visva-Bharati in March-2011, organized by Akhil Bharat Bhuvidya O Paribesh Samiti (NGO) of Santiniketan in West Bengal (India). This drama has also acting in different portion of West Bengal like in Siliguri town in West Bengal. Again in this mechanized era we are also practicing the bull-plough based agro-Philosophy or halakarshan; which was observed by Tagore to adopt the earthen practices or Philosophy in nature. So Tagore’s aesthetic visions have a great relevance in modern Philosophy, in mechanized world.