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

An Indian man and his children pose beside the statue of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore 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)