SRINIKETAN AND TAGORE’S CONCEPT OF RURAL RECONSTRUCTION

The idea of Rural Reconstruction emanates from Tagore by his deep insights into the challenges of Rural India. Like Gandhiji, Tagore also dreamt of strong and self reliant India. He had a firm conviction that without the knowledge of rural India, education would be incomplete. A formidable part of India constitutes the villages, yet it struggles for development. For this, Tagore established Sriniketan as a centre for rural reconstruction which will ultimately equip the farmers economically developed, self sufficient, co operative and nature oriented. Socially useful productive work was too much prioritized for nurturing the creative potential of the rural children. Being concerned about the women empowerment, he set up Mahila Samities. Last but not the least, his scheme of Rural Reconstruction is an exemplary for many developments in Independent India. So, the present paper is an attempt to analyze the Tagore's scheme of rural reconstruction and its relevance in the present context.