This activity is a part of my academic writing...
1) The poem is written before 120 years (approx.). Can you find any resemblance between the poem and the pandemic time?
This poem is exactly the chain situation of covid pandemic today.It related to it when the sage also talked about how God communicated his disbelief at the situation, wondering how the same king provide shelter to his own homeless subjects.Does he really fancy of giving me a home?"
2) Why do you think the King is angry on the Sage?
The king gets angry on the sage because he reminds the king it was the wrong time to have spent his riches in building a temple in the same year that the people of his land were struck by a calamity, and came begging at his door, only to be turned away by the king.
3) Why do you think the Sage denies to enter in the temple?
The sage, who denies to enter the temple because he tells the king that the temple he has built with "two million gold coins, does not have god inside. The king is enraged, calls the sage an atheist, and asks if such a grand temple could be empty. The sage replies that it isn't empty - it's filled with the king's pride.
4) Can there be any connection between the text of the poem and the verdict of Ayoydhya Ram Mandir?
Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid down the first bricks of the much contested Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The ceremony was marked with much fanfare and celebrations. The celebrations were in the middle of a pandemic that has gripped the world. Meanwhile, many on social media found parallels between Tagore's poem and the Ram Mandir ceremony.
Following this, the poem went viral on social media, with many finding similarities between our times of coronavirus. Many lauded Tagore and pointed out that reading the poem at this time will 'send shivers down your spine'.
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