Building on this avian imagery, Tagore sees desire not as a shackle, but as a wind that enables ascent. Desire propels the bird-mind forward, providing momentum for learning and self-realization. Rather than extinguishing cravings for knowledge or experience, Tagore advocates harnessing them. In this light, desire becomes empowering, much as Plato’s concept of 'Eros' in the *Symposium* (c. 385–370 BC) frames longing as the engine of philosophical ascent. [...]
