INDIA
Rabindranath Tagore's Mother Would Not Take Him in Her Arms As He Was Dark, Says Union Minister Subhas Sarkar
In a controversial statement, Union Minister Subhas Sarkar said Rabindranath Tagore's mother refused to take him in her arms as he was dark.
In a controversial statement, Union Minister Subhas Sarkar said Rabindranath Tagore's mother refused to take him in her arms as he was dark.
The family members of Rabindranath Tagore were fair-skinned but Tagore was of not so fair complexion. Due to this, his mother and other family members did not cradle him in their arms or sat him in their laps: Union Minister Subhas Sarkar in Kolkata (18.08) pic.twitter.com/ueF7s3eFjd
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