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Neglected Shantiniketan ; Tagore's dream is slowly disintegrating as apathy and rivalry lead to the loss of peace and many priceless artefacts.

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From: India Today
Date: 20080324
Author:Elora Sen

Rabindranath Tagore's Shantiniketan, the abode of peace, is anything but. Four years after the Nobel medallion, awarded to the poet in 1913 went missing, there is still no clue about who committed the crime.

Since then other unpleasant facts about this quiet university town that was meant to represent the ideal community have emerged. Priceless pieces of art have disappeared from here with frightening regularity.

A recent Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report reveals that over the past few years 900 art objects, including Tagore paintings, have gone missing from the university ...

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