Here is what the wisest man in the world said to Serbs! The truth WILL HURT!

The famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, visited Belgrade in November 1926 .

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Then he had lunch with the King, gave a lecture at the Belgrade University, was interviewed by the famous Stanislav Vinaver, and had a chance to speak with Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović.

The enthusiasm was mutual, testify contemporaries. Tagore was moved by the beauty of Belgrade and Belgrade natives welcomed him magnificently.

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He warned that the Serbs should not lose touch with tradition, spiritual life and myth.

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This curiosity was reminded to Belgrade natives by a modern Bengali poet who for five years has been living in exile in Sweden, due to the complicated political situation in his native country.

Anisur Rahman recently was a guest of the Crocodile festival when he said that the Serbian and Bengali literature started at the same time. The history of Serbian literature begins with theological writings from the 10th and 11th centuries.

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The first collection of texts in Bengali language known as Charyapada, was created precisely in this period.

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Rahman linked the Serbian and Bengali situation with his own experience when preparing for his visit, he tried to find Serbian poetry in bookstores and libraries in Malmo, and did not find anything. That is, as he says, our common denominator.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Krokodil.rs)