Poet or writer
2006-09-09 06:17:14 · 17 answers · asked by zia 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Kalidasa is usually referred to as the "Shakespeare of India", although some people (and I suspect they are mostly Bengalis) use this term in relation to Tagore, as well.
This, for example, is from a source I trust:
It was during this period that Kalidasa—the Shakespeare of India—wrote his immortal plays, and that other famous dramas were produced; and during this period, also, that the Puranas were finally redacted, that the laws of Manu took their present form and that mathematics and astronomy reached their highest perfection.
http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/archaeology/primarydocs/sanchi/HistArt.htm
Other references to Kalidasa as the "Shakespeare of India":
http://www.ujjain.nic.in/kalidasa_academi/kalidasa.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm
http://oll.libertyfund.org/Intros/Kalidasa.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandragupta_II
And this is about Tagore:
Known by many as the Shakespeare of India, possibly the greatest and most prolific writer in Bengali is Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
http://dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/Bengali
Also here:
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/calendar/1998/98may.html
http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B7
2006-09-09 15:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by dalia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rabindranath Tagore
2006-09-09 08:54:19 · answer #2 · answered by Private 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabindranath Tagore
2006-09-09 06:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by Pauli :) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabindranath Tagore.
2006-09-09 06:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kalidasa. There's a translation of his play in Penguin classics but I haven't read it.
Or you could say Shakespeare is the Shakespeare of India. The way a lot of Indians know and appreciate Shakespeare puts Brits to shame.
2006-09-09 19:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, the great poet & also a great dramatist in sanskrit kalidas called the shakespear of india .
so creativity at the third centuary is the reason for it.he was at king of ujjaini king chandra gupt second[vikrmaditya].
his some books which are present now are abhigyan shakuntlum,meghdut,etc. !
2006-09-09 07:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by suryodaya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anil Kumble
2006-09-09 13:50:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Its Rabindranath Tagore... Sabh ko patha hai...
Cheers
2006-09-09 06:23:12 · answer #8 · answered by Krish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
__ why compare any one to Shakespeare ??
you always compare to the greatest ( KASAUTI * )
a word in Hindi
Like
hardness is compared to Diamond
Metal nobility is compared to GOLD
Vastness is compared to SPACE & CONSCIENCE
why waste time comparing to a PUNY author like shakespeare
when there are the writers of Vedas, Upnishads< etc..
not that he was a Bad author...he is given too much credit
2006-09-09 09:21:33 · answer #9 · answered by thePACK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One should call Shakespeare, Kalidasa of Briton.
2006-09-09 20:05:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋