Indira Devi

Indira Devi, daughter of Satyendranath Tagore and niece of Rabindranath Tagore, was a singer, writer, translator, and activist. Indira Devi, popularly known as Bibidi, was born to Satyendranath Tagore and Jnanandanandinidevi on 29 December 1873 at Bijapur in South India.

she began translating from an early age. She published Bengali translations of Ruskin and various French books and published English translations of a number of Rabindranath’s poems, stories, and essays. Later on, she authored many papers on music, literature, and women’s situation in India.

Among Indira Devi’s writings are Rabindra Smriti (5 vols, 1959), Rabindra Sangeet Tribeni Sangam (1954), Shruti Smriti, and many edited volumes, for example, Narir Ukti (1920), Banglar Stri-Achar (1956), Smriti Katha, Puratani (1957) and Gitapanchashati. Indira Devi died on 12 August 1960.