Thank you for your observations re. the "Tagore and Jana Gana Mana" article. Your observations are appropriate and understandable; interestingly, they are along very similar lines as I had earlier received in feedback from another correspondent. First of all, let me mention at the outset that in raising or debating a speculative issue about someone who is no longer with us is almost guaranteed to be beyond any resolution. It is much like the classic …showed first 75 words of 1216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1216 total…role in trying to unite Bengal and Bengalis against the offensive British proposal- it reads like pure legend, yet much of it is indeed true. In studying that history, I hope that Tagore's immense capacity to inspire will be better understood, and in the light of that revelation, I hope, his unfortunate inability to inspire India's freedom fighters by the Jana Gana Mana ode to his Motherland will be seen in a more forgiving light.