00833nam a2200157Ia 4500 20240826020552.0 240331s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0140079610 TAG 800 Tagore, R The home and the world India Penguin books 1985 203 p ., Rabindranath 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 L 0 0 0 0 L WERCL WERCL SSC 2024-03-31 0 800 TAG 1351 2024-03-31 2024-03-31 L 3103 3103