For researching the background to Beggarly Heart, you will need to find out a little about Tagore's background.
Use the following links to find out about Hinduism:
http://www.revisionworld.co.uk/gcse/re/hinduism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/hinduismrev1.shtml
http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/beliefs.htm
Use the links below to find out about Tagore and answer the following questions:
1) How were Tagore's poems discovered?
2) What was it about Indian culture that Tagore's poems supposedly opened up to a Western audience?
3) What were Tagore's connections with England?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/tagore-bio.html
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