This performance is a poetic mirror of a man, his art, and the timeless questions he left behind. Da. Ra. Bendre was a poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the Navodaya movement. He remains one of Kannada literature’s most luminous voices. Awarded the Jnanpith in 1973 for Naaku Tanti, his poetry reflected life as he lived it: intimate, questioning, and endlessly evolving. Prathibimba captures the essence of Bendre’s journey: his joys, struggles, and transformation from youth to old age, from words to numbers. Drawing from Tagore and Aurobindo, he wove together nationalism, spirituality, and humanism into a vision that still stirs the soul.