the home and the world by rabindranath tagore

Ī Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta with ancestral gentry roots in Burdwan district and Jessore, Tagore wrote poetry as an eight-year-old. Referred to as 'the Bard of Bengal', Tagore was known by sobriquets: Gurudeb, Kobiguru, Biswokobi. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial however, his 'elegant prose and magical poetry' remain largely unknown outside Bengal. Author of the 'profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful' poetry of Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rabindranath Tagore FRAS ( / r ə ˈ b ɪ n d r ə n ɑː t t æ ˈ ɡ ɔːr/ ( listen) pronounced – 7 August 1941 ) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. The novel is a striking example of the power of art (and artifice) to edify-or destroy-causes, relationships, and possibly an entire country.Rabindranath Tagore singing Tabu Mone Rekho Published in 1916, The Home and the World is a critically celebrated work with themes that its author knows intimately.

As village unrest turns to outbursts of violence, the characters are all changed by the decisions they must make. Overcome with shame at how she has allowed a man who now disgusts her to cause such havoc in her life, Bimala must try to save her marriage, support her country, and recommit herself to living by her conscience, not her passions. He is sad that he feels like a burden to Bimala, but is determined to let her make her own choices.īimala’s choices lead her to steal from Nikhil to raise money for Sandip’s cause, money that he keeps for himself. Nikhil believes that, if one is committed to living morally and thoughtfully, one can accept whatever arises. Her husband, Nikhil, sees what is happening, but is unwilling to intervene. Sandip, who is only interested in pursuing his own desires and climbing the social strata, does nothing to discourage her interest in him. When the political firebrand Sandip begins making speeches in their village, she is infatuated by his words, but also stirred by some of his political ideas. What she does not feel, however, is excitement. She is content to worship him and accept his support in all things. She has married a good, kind man who is educated and generous. As the novel begins, Bimala is happy with her life.

The home and the world by rabindranath tagore