India, May 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson met on Sunday, exchanging specially curated commemorative gifts highlighting the literary legacy of Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

According to an official statement, the gift presented by Prime Minister Kristersson included a box containing two replicas of handwritten epigrams by Tagore, accompanied by an explanatory note and a photograph of the poet taken in 1921 during his visit to Uppsala University.

The statement noted that the originals, recently discovered in the Swedish National Archives, were created by Tagore during his visits to Sweden in 1921 and 1926.

The statement said the bag reflects Tagore's philosophy that art should ...