India, Oct. 13 -- On this day in 1912, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a letter to English mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell, bringing together two towering intellectuals whose contributions to literature would later be recognised with the Nobel Prize. Their correspondence, which is over a century old, includes an Upanishad verse, a reference to an article, and exchange of ideas on philosophy.

The Nobel Prize X handle shared the letter from Bertrand Russell Archives from McMaster University on Tuesday.

In the letter, penned by Tagore, he refers to another letter that Russell wrote to him and expresses his gratitude. Tagore added that he will ask Dr Seal to pay Russel a visit at Cambridge whenever he has time. While it is not clea...