The author and the translator of the present volume of 221 songs of Tagore, is himself a poet, writing both in Bengali and English. He has to his credit two books of English poems - ‘Resurrection of Pain’ and ‘Redemption of Faith’ , both published by Partridge, a Penguin Random House Company. Out of his regards for Tagore, he has already published another volume of translation, rendering in English 100 of his songs, under the title of ‘Love or Adore’, about a decade ago.