Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t20.45

v2.c10.s2.t20.45

By many measure, Rabindranath Tagore has been the strongest bridge of India-China friendship in modern times, establishing everlasting links with China when he struck a creative chord in the hearts of young Chinese poets and intellectuals, when he stood beside Chinese people at difficult crucial junctures of their historical journey as they stood up for their rights of self-determination, and as he established the first learning and research centre of Chinese language, literature and culture in Visva-Bharati. No less important is the fact that Tagore’s discourse on civilisation and civilisational interaction has gradually come to form a major underpinning for the enhancement of India-China relations.