In 2011, the 150th year of Tagore's birth will be celebrated in grand style and scale over two days: on 14 May at the premises of Rutgers University in New Jersey; and on 15 May, at the Grand auditorum of the Hindu Temple, Flushing in New York.

The festival was initiated by the Cultural Association of Bengal (CAB) of New York, and is being organized by CAB in association with Rutgers University and a host of North American cultural organizations and schools of performing arts.

Rabindranath Tagore was a nature lover and celebrated major ceremonial occasions in open air at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, The Global University he had established and wherever in the world he visited and it was possible because of his great vision. Following the same path, we are paying tribute to the great poet by bringing the home and the world together in this part of the world on the very next week after his real birthday.