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On TV today, a film on letters between Tagore and Gandhi

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From: The Hindustan Times
Date: 20070129
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NEW DELHI, India, Jan 29 -- One was among India's literary greats; the other carried an enslaved India to freedom on his frail shoulders. Both had critical appreciation for each other. Now, a new documentary on the relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore is sure to shed more light on their political, social and cultural bonds and differences.

The Poet and the Mahatma, a 60-minute documentary, is solely based on letters exchanged between Gandhi and Tagore for 26 years between 1915, when they first met, and 1941 when Tagore died. The documentary also cites many telegrams ...

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