Museum, book to honour Tagore's eldest son

Visva-Bharati University has published a book and dedicated a museum to Rathidnranath Tagore, Gurudev's eldest son, whose work remain overshadowed by his illustrious father.
'Guha Ghar', the studio-apartment where Rathindranath stayed and worked in Santiniketan, has now been thrown open for the first time to visitors in the form of a museum.
'Guha Ghar' was designed like a cave with a lake and garden nearby resembling an artist's grotto.
University officials said the museum includes memorabilia like tools, wood-work and furniture designed by Rathindranath, whose first love was carpentry and making wood articles.
Besides being an agriculturist, a talented architect, designer, master-carpenter, painter and writer, Rathindranath (1888-1961) was also the first 'upacharya' (vice-chancellor) of Visva-Bharati university when it became a central university.

The Tagore memorial and archives in Santiniketan is also a result of his active patronage.
The book 'Rathindranath Tagore: The Unsung Hero', edited by Rabindra Bhavana director Tapati Mukopadhyay and professor of English Amrit Sen, contains critical articles on Rathindranath as a scientist, translator, litterateur, craftsman and artist.