Home and the World

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Translated bySreejata Guha
9780143031413 | Paperback | 240 | 2005 | Penguin Random House India

Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore is a novel is set against the backdrop of the partition of Bengal in 1905. Bhimala is torn between her wifely duties (home) and 'the outside'(world).

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Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Translated by Sreejata Guha

9780143031413 | PB | pp. 240 | 2005 | Penguin Random House India | Used

Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore is a novel is set against the backdrop of the partition of Bengal in 1905. Bhimala is torn between her wifely duties (home) and ‘the outside'(world).

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Set on a Bengali noble’s estate in 1908, against the backdrop of the partition of Bengal in 1905, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconcilable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947.

Author:

Rabindranath Tagore
Translator: Sreejata Guha
ISBN:

9780143031413
Binding:

Paperback
Pages:

240
Year of Publication:

2005
Publisher:

Penguin Random House India
Edition:

First
Condition:

Used
Country of Origin:

India

About the Author

The author, born in 1861, was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. He started writing at an early age and by the turn of the century had become a household name in Bengal as a poet, a songwriter, a playwright, an essayist, a short story writer and a novelist. In 1913 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and his verse collection Gitanjali came to be known internationally. At about the same time he founded Visva-Bharati, a university located in Santiniketan, near Kolkata. Called the 'Great Sentinel' of modern India by Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore steered clear of active politics but is famous for returning his knighthood as a gesture of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. He was a pioneering literary figure, renowned for his ceaseless innovations in poetry, prose, drama, music and painting, which he took up late in life. His works include novels; plays; essays on religious, social and literary topics; some sixty collections of verse; over a hundred short stories; and more than 2500 songs, including the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. Tagore died in 1941. His eminence as India's greatest modern poet remains unchallenged to this day.

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