Women inspirations of the 3G :

Kadambari was nine when she was married Jyotirindranath and Rabindranath was seven. Their relationship progressed through three stages; firstly as his childhood princess, secondly as a mother and thirdly when both fell in love with poetry. Tagore gave her a nickname ‘Hecate’,  (Greek goddess of moon). In 1883, when Tagore turned 22 he  married Bhabatarini Devi who was 11. Tagore renamed her Mrinalini. Kadambari Devi secretly tried to stop his marriage but was unsuccessful. On April 19, 1884, 4 months and 10 days after Tagore’s marriage, Kadambari Devi committed suicide by consuming opium. Post Kadambari, Tagore did have some affairs – but his inspiration by then was nature. The river, the countryside, the villages, the sun, the moon, the weeping trees of Bengal, hills of Dalhousie and of Europe. His paintings however were mostly inspired by Kadambari ( Tagore started painting when he was 60 years old).

Picasso was inspired mostly by women and had many of them. The founder of cubism and follower of Matisse, broke form factors to make new creations on the backdrop of Spanish Civil War, multiple affairs and failed marriages, canines and other pets.

The third genius worth taking note was Kafka – who got inspired by his bohemian lifestyle, German – Jewish legacy, loved visiting prostitutes and wrote on the fragile existence of human beings, perhaps was the greatest of these three – he introduced kafkaesque in literature – a symbolism of existential anxiety and guilt. He died at 40.