PM Modi And Sweden PM Exchange Special Rabindranath Tagore Gifts During Historic Meeting

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]that the Prime Minister, our Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Sweden exchanged a special gifts celebrating the shared cultural legacy of Rabindranath Tagore.

[00:00:13]In fact, um the the gift from Prime Minister of Sweden comprised a box containing two replicas of handwritten epigrams by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore accompanied by a small explanatory text and a photograph of Gurudev Tagore taken in 1921 during his visit to the university to Uppsala Uppsala University in Sweden. The originals recently discovered in the Swedish National Archives were created by Gurudev Tagore during his visit to Sweden in 1921 and 26 and this is the 100th anniversary of the of that visit of Gurudev Tagore.

[00:01:02]Prime Minister Modi presented to the Swedish Prime Minister a set of collected works of Rabindranath Tagore along with a specially handcrafted bag from Shantiniketan with motives that Gurudev Tagore chose to empower local artisans. The bag symbolizes Tagore's philosophy that art is not meant to be confined to galleries but to breathe life into everyday objects bridging the gap between the intellectual and the functional. So, I just wanted to highlight that important element of uh Yeah, I'm happy to as ambassador is reminding me that if you go through the joint action plan, you will see that one of the important action points which we have agreed to is to commemorate the 2026 you know that is a hundredth anniversary of visit of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by initiating the Tagore Sweden lecture series in Sweden as a platform to further strengthen India-Sweden cultural and intellectual engagement. Now, you know, let me try to answer the question on the joint action plan which was raised now since I'm talking about action plan.

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