It shows how from being a follower of Brahmo Samaj, he turned into a practicing Brahmin because he believes that following customs is necessary and brings him close to his land. The story revolves around the central character Gora, a staunch Hindu Brahmin. It deals with different themes of friendship, motherhood, love, caste discrimination, woman emancipation, nationalism, liberalism, and religion.
Published in 1910, Gora is set in the Kolkata of 1880s during the British rule. The book also depicted the issues of female literacy, child marriage, patriarchy within the family, and the fates of widows. It depicts the life of a young widow, Binodini, and an extramarital affair with Mahendra.
It shows how widows in society were isolated and deprived of many rights and their life was filled with emptiness and hopelessness. The story reflects complicated relationships and extramarital affairs. It was Tagore’s first serious attempt at a novel. It gained much popularity among European readers and the literary creation helped him in bagging the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.Ĭhokher Bali is a 1903 Bengali novel that can be translated variously as A Grain of Sand or Dust in the Eyes. It was translated into English in 1912 as ‘Gitanjali: Song of Offering’. Originally written in Bengali, the poems were based on medieval Indian devotional poetry with a common theme of love and reflected the conflict between materialistic desire and spiritualism. It is a collection of poetry, the most famous work by Tagore, published in 1910. Let’s look at some of his remarkable creations: He authored the national anthems of India and Bangladesh and created many other songs. His creations touched many aspects of life, nature, human relations, nationalism, politics, and other socio-cultural ethos. In 1877 he released his first book of stories and dramas under his own name. He created his first collection of poems at the age of 16 using the pseudonym “Bhanusimha”. Tagore took birth in a Brahmin family in Kolkata and started writing poems at the age of 8. He became the first Indian to win Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He was the most remarkable literary personality in India.īorn on May 7, 1861, he revolutionized Bengali art, literature, and music. NEW DELHI, (ANI) – On the birth anniversary of “the Bard of Bengal”, Rabindranath Tagore, who was a painter, patriot, poet, playwright, novelist, storyteller, philosopher, educationist, and a great humanist.
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