00788nam a2200133Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000150005808200130007310000140008624500270010026000310012730000130015850004830017120240826020552.0240331s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a0140079610  bTAGa800  aTagore, R 4aThe home and the world  aIndiabPenguin booksc1985  a203 p .,  aRabindranath Tagore's powerful novel, Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, 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 the world reflect the conflict in India itself and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest which accompanied partition in 1947