156th birth anniv. of Nobel laureate poet Tagore celebrated in India

An Indian vendor stays in front of pictures of Rabindranath Tagore near Tagore's house during the celebration on the 156th birth anniversary of Tagore in Kolkata, capital of eastern Indian state West Bengal on May 9, 2017. Tagore was the first Asian to win Nobel Prize for his collection of poems "Geetanjali" in 1913. (Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal)