00940nam a2200169Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000150005808200130007310000140008624500270010026000310012730000130015850004830017194200060065495200950066099900150075520240826020552.0240331s9999 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 cL 001040708LaWERCLbWERCLcSSCd2024-03-31l0o 800 TAGp1351r2024-03-31w2024-03-31yL c3103d3103