A Novel by Sri. Rabindranath Tagore. The main character is a widow named Binodini (Chokher Bali) who finds it hard to live normally in the world with others and her fickle mind tries to intrude in other peoples heart and lives and in the end the divinity in her leads her throught the correct path by correcting all the mistakes she has done and she gives up worldly life and goes to Kasi with her old aunt.
May be Rabindranath Tagore is giving us the chaos a widow has to go through to live a normal life and he points out that it is a fruitless attempt to live like a normal person rather than becoming a Sanyasin.
The story takes place in the previous century. Now women are more independent and society also is broad minded. Now women have every opportunity to live independently without losing their nobility. (This Novel was adapted into a film named 'Chokher Bali', starring Aiswaria Rai as Binodini.) Tagore's Githanjali is indeed a balm to our soul. I have a Malayalam version of Githanjali with me.
May be Rabindranath Tagore is giving us the chaos a widow has to go through to live a normal life and he points out that it is a fruitless attempt to live like a normal person rather than becoming a Sanyasin.
The story takes place in the previous century. Now women are more independent and society also is broad minded. Now women have every opportunity to live independently without losing their nobility. (This Novel was adapted into a film named 'Chokher Bali', starring Aiswaria Rai as Binodini.) Tagore's Githanjali is indeed a balm to our soul. I have a Malayalam version of Githanjali with me.
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