The Tagore Debates was created by a Citizens´ initiative called Happenings, whose objective is to celebrate all that is unique about Kolkata and its culture. The Apeejay Trust funded the creation of Tagore Debates, an inter–university contest in which top institutes like IIT Kharagpur, NUJS and Jadavpur University intensly debated over relevant issues and topics. The Tagore Debates of 2010 saw the young participants engaged in the topics of Nationalism in the contemporary context and the relevance of Gandhi and Tagore today. We believe that The Tagore Debates helped raise the political and social consciousness studying in the youth of premier institutions.