On Rabindranath Tagore's 'western' birthday/
He named Amartya Sen, was an influencer and brand ambassador for many swadeshi brands, including Godrej soap and Sulekha ink, was a close associate of the Mahatma for decades, but had a very public falling out with him about luchis(or maida puris as the rest of Indian knows them). He also introduced the sport of judo in India.
He provided the blueprint for the classic Bengali 'adda' sessions with his Khamkheyali Sabha, where the likes of scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose, lawyer & nationalist Chittaranjan Das, composers DL Roy & Atul Prasad and writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay would all gather together & chat about everything under the sun to their heart's content!
He also wrote and composed, well enough to be the first Non European to earn a Nobel Award for Literature. And almost every Bengali household will have a frayed copy of his 'Gitabitan.'
This is what he looked like in his twenties