E29 Gitanjali 8 by Rabindranath Tagore

Description:
An immersive reading of Gitanjali 8 by Rabindranath Tagore with reflection on healthful dust, allergies, shared decision making, white coats and scrubs. 

Website:
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Work:
Gitanjali 8 by Rabindranath Tagore

The child who is decked with prince’s robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step.

In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust he keeps himself from the world, and is afraid even to move.

Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life.

References: 

Gitanjali https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7164/pg7164-images.html  

Rabindranath Tagore https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rabindranath-tagore  

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