Download or read book Women of The Tagore Household written by Chitra Deb and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an accomplished group of Women who, more than any others, moulded Bengal's distinct ethos. The Tagore family has long been the focus of public curiosity. Like its men, the women of this illustrious family have had a great and enduring influence on the life and people of Bengal. Women of the Tagore Household portrays several generations of connoisseurs, aesthetes and lovers of literature who were nurtured under the umbrella of cultural richness and spiritual freedom that the extended family provided. We meet Rabindranath's wife Mrinalini and his sister-in-law Kadambari, who had considerable influence on the young poet; the progressive Jnandanandini who sailed alone to England in the nineteenth century, presenting to ordinary women a vision of courage and daring; and Sushama, who broke out of the confines of music, literature and culinary arts to tread the path of women's empowerment. This book reveals hitherto unknown aspects of women's emancipation in Bengal in which the women of the Jorasanko Tagore family were at the forefront-Chandramukhi and Kadambini were the first two female graduates of India, Protiva opened up music and dramatics to women by preparing musical notations for Brahmo sangeet and Hindustani classical music, and Pragya's prefaces to her cookbooks are still considered storehouses of not only recipes but also homemaking skills. This engaging narrative, spanning over three hundred years, highlights the Tagores' influence on the Bengal Renaissance and brings out the special role the Tagore women played in Bengali history and culture.
Download or read book Three Women written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignored by her well-meaning husband, Charulata falls in love with a high-spirited young cousin in The Broken Nest (Nashtaneer, 1901). Sharmila, in Two Sisters (Dui Bon, 1933) witnesses her husband sink her fortunes and his passion into his business – and her sister. And the invalid Neeraja finds her life slowly ebbing away as a new love awakens for her beloved husband in The Arbour (Malancha, 1934). Romantic, subtle and nuanced, Rabindranath Tagore’s novellas are about the undercurrents in relationships, the mysteries of love, the ties and bonds of marriage, and above all about the dreams and desires of women.
Download or read book Rabindranath Tagore written by Movva Sarada and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the novels of Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Indian poet.
Download or read book Tagore s Ideas of the New Woman written by Chandrava Chakravarty and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notable contribution on Tagore's vision of womanhood This book theorizes the continuous reconfigurations--'making' and 'unmaking'--of female subjectivity in Tagore's life, his times, and his works. This transhistorical approach in the book makes gender formations and discourses of the past relevant and necessary to the understanding of postmodern gender issues and ideologies. A unique feature of this compilation is the variety of genres that it covers, ranging from Tagore's poems, dance dramas, dance forms and their innovative uses, the gender-specific nature of several Rabindrasangeet, his travel writings and paintings, to highlighting the postmodern reworks of Tagore's novels on celluloid. On the whole, this edited collection with its extensive focus on the issues of gender, heterosexual love, marriage and patriarchy in relation to the works of Tagore strengthens the claim that the politics of culture and the gendering of social subjectivity were intrinsic to the representative ideologies of literature of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
Download or read book Representation of Women in the Fiction of Rabindranath Tagore written by Mangala Bhavani Krishna Iyer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines selected works of a larger than life literary figure, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), with a special focus on his female characters. Works selected for the study are novels Binodini (1903), Gora (1909), The Home and the World (1916) and The Broken Nest (1921), as well as several short stories. A visionary and a social reformist, Tagore, among several other sociocultural, political and religious issues that he addressed in his works, recurrently sought to resort the circumstances of women as mothers, wives and child brides in his fictional writings. As an expression of this, he portrayed all his female characters, especially in the works selected for this study, in a new and convincing style, by consciously and conspicuously moving away from tradition and age-old conventions. Tagore spoke of and felt the need for women to be seen and heard beyond the home. His sympathy for child brides and widows are showcased extensively in many of these narratives. He categorically rejected the traditional concept where women were expected to be confined to the zenana. His passion for freedom was so far and wide that he felt that the liberation and freedom given to men should also be extended to women. He said that women had that natural expression to her, a cadence of restraint in her behaviour, producing poetry of life. She has been an inspiration to man, guiding, often unconsciously, his restless energy into an immense variety of creations in literature, art, music and religion. In the process, justifying the need of women to be liberated from the shackles of home, Tagore rejected all forms of religious extremism and cultural conservatism. This thesis also examines selected Hindu scriptures to examine how the effects of blind conformity to these scriptures had resulted in women being enslaved, bound and bonded by men in the name of social progress and stability. In the thesis I have highlighted how women can be both good at home and at the same time extend their radiance beyond home so that they grow intellectually. In doing so, Indian women discover their self-worth as individuals and find agency in their being, moving away from the shadow of the men. This is Tagore's unique prescription for the emancipation of women, who were otherwise living in a hierarchical, andocentric social system.
Download or read book Two Sisters written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by books catalog. This book was released on 1858 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Sisters (Dui Bon, 1933) was first published in 1943 (translated by Krishna Kripalani) and is one of Tagore's last three novels. It is about the eternal conflict that arises when a man does not find a mother figure and a sweetheart in the same person.
Download or read book Tagore s Ideas of the New Woman written by Chandrava Chakravarty and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notable contribution on Tagore’s vision of womanhood This book theorizes the continuous reconfigurations—‘making’ and ‘unmaking’—of female subjectivity in Tagore’s life, his times, and his works. This transhistorical approach in the book makes gender formations and discourses of the past relevant and necessary to the understanding of postmodern gender issues and ideologies. A unique feature of this compilation is the variety of genres that it covers, ranging from Tagore’s poems, dance dramas, dance forms and their innovative uses, the gender-specific nature of several Rabindrasangeet, his travel writings and paintings, to highlighting the postmodern reworks of Tagore’s novels on celluloid. On the whole, this edited collection with its extensive focus on the issues of gender, heterosexual love, marriage and patriarchy in relation to the works of Tagore strengthens the claim that the politics of culture and the gendering of social subjectivity were intrinsic to the representative ideologies of literature of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
Download or read book A Grain of Sand written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the story of the rich Mahendra and his simple, demure, beautiful wife Asha. Their cosy domestic scenario undergoes great upheaval with the introduction of the vivacious Binodini, a young widow who comes to live with them. A compelling portrayal of the complexity of relationship, it is a landmark novel by the Nobel prize-winning author.
Download or read book Woman in Tagore s Novels written by Soniya Fusion Sapowadia and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Critical Study Of The Indian Woman As Tagore Has Seen Her. Tagore Was Not A Social Reformer In The Limited Sense Of The Term But An Artist Who Depicted Woman Very Aesthetically With Feminine Delicacy. Here The Book Shows The Indian Woman With All Her Facets And Tries To Understand Tagore'S Concept Of Woman. The Emphasis Is On Artistic Revealation Of Woman And Her All Problems, Without Any Tint Of Activism In Feminism. The Tool, Art Lies In-Concealing Art Has Been Employed Even For The Cause Of Woman. This Book Is An Artistic Treatise On And About Woman As It Would Have Been In The Eyes Of Tagore. No Style Of Direct Preacher Or Kathakar Is Even Touched Here And Yet Nothing Is Left What Was To Be Told About Tagorian Woman. The Book Would Be Of An Immense Help To Those Who Want To Study Indian Woman Without Any Bias And Presumption.
Download or read book Novelist Tagore written by Radha Chakravarty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabindranath Tagore is widely regarded as a poet-philosopher and educationist, but his novels remain a relatively underexplored aspect of his oeuvre. Focusing on gender and modernity as key features of his fiction, this book charts Tagore's evolution as a novelist from self-conscious psychologizing in Chokher Bali to an engagement with nationalism in Gora and Ghare Baire (The Home and the World); a portrayal of asceticism and desire in Chaturanga (Quartet); an analysis of marriage, sexuality and change in Bengali society in Yogayog (Relationships); an effervescent fusion of social satire and literary experimentation in Shesher Kabita (Farewell Song); and an intense, dramatic study of love, politics and terrorism in Char Adhyay (Four Chapters). This study demonstrates that Tagore’s writings cannot be readily assimilated within current theoretical frameworks, and urges us to rethink the conventional oppositions between tradition and modernity, masculinity and femininity, East and West, and local and global. Addressing a major gap in the field, the book reconstructs Tagore as a novelist of eminent stature, demonstrates the range and complexity of his creative genius, his contribution to literary history and the relevance of his reflections to our times. Enriched by insights into the biographical and socio-historical contexts of his novels, this book will be of special interest to researchers, teachers and students of comparative and world literature, history, postcolonial studies and gender studies, as also to Tagore enthusiasts.
Download or read book Tagore and the Feminine written by Malashri Lal and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a range of Rabindranath Tagore’s creative works, including translations of short stories, essays, poems, memoirs, songs and plays from his vast corpus to show his conception of the feminine and gender identity that are relevant even today. The editor establishes the search for Tagore’s engagement with the feminine as subject and agency, character and voice, philosophy and politics in this book. There is rich cultural interplay as Tagore muses over the contrasting social position of women in the ‘East’ and the ‘West’. He relies on Indian traditions to understand them in the context of domestic ethics, marital institutions, parenting, empowerment, aesthetics and gender politics. The book includes new translations while presenting fresh insights into previously published works.
Download or read book Rabindranath Tagore written by M. Sarada and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Short Stories written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by Readomania. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories, written mostly towards the end of the 20th century, are relevant even today because of the author’s profound understanding of the human mind. Mostly set in rural and urban pre-partition Bengal, these inherently simple stories have a universal appeal and beautifully portray the intricate aspects of the nature of society and the people in it. They have the capacity to touch your core and leave you thinking deeply about human values. Each and every story in this collection rings of classic Tagore. If you want to delve into the kaleidoscopic universe of India’s greatest writer, poet, and thinker, this is the best place to begin. The stories have been edited and presented for the reading of contemporary audience.
Download or read book Jorasanko written by Aruna Chakravarti and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sensitive portrayal ofthe hopes and fears,triumphs and defeatsexperienced by thewomen of the Tagorehousehold. in a sprawling novel that spans a unique phase in the history of Bengal and India, Aruna Chakravarti provides a fascinating Iaccount of how the Tagore women influenced and were in turn influenced by their illustrious male counterparts, the times they lived in and the family they belonged to. Jorasanko mirrors the hopes and fears, triumphs and defeats that the women of the Tagore household experienced in their intricate interpersonal relationships, as well as the adjustments they were continually called upon to make as daughters and daughters-in-law of one of the most eminent families of the land. 'In her meticulously researched novel, Aruna Chakravarti has successfully re-created for the reader the world inside the Tagore home, at once glittering and fascinating, but also dark and challenging. The women of the Tagore family who are at the heart of this novel are complex beings who will raise many questions in the modern reader regarding the role of women in today's society' - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of Palace of Illusions and One Amazing Thing.
Download or read book She written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Collection Of Short Stories, She Gives Us A Glimpse Of Some Of The Women In Rabindranath Tagore'S Writing. Through These Stories We Also Come To Know The Social Conditions In Which Women Were Placed, Almost Always The Victims, And More Interestingly, Responding Differently Yet With The Same Dignity, How Each Handled The Pressure Associated With It. The Treatment Of Women And Their Position In Society Was A Serious Concern To Rabindranath Tagore. Being A Sensitive Man And The Supreme Romantic Poet Of Bengal, He Understood Women In All Their Joy And Sorrow, Hope And Despair, Their Yearnings And Their Dreams. The Violence, Both Psychological And Physical, Against Women In Bengali Society Was All-Pervasive, Cutting Across Class, Caste, Rural And Urban Divide. Its Functioning Was Sometimes Blatant But Often Subtle, Insidious And Invisible. What Was Worse Was That The Society As A Whole, Even The Women, Seemed To Have Got Used To This Slow Poisoning Without Realizing The Effect It Cumulatively Had On It. There Was Very Little Protest And The Poison Gradually Had Settled In The 'Body-Society'. Tagore Saw In The Women Of His Country An Immense Wealth - Their Courage Against All Odds, Their Power Of Survival Under The Worst Possible Conditions And Oppression, Their Forbearance, Their Self-Sacrifice And Gentleness. It Pained Him To See Such Colossal Waste Of So Much Human Treasure.
Download or read book The Essential Tagore written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India’s Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian Nobel Laureate and possibly the most prolific and diverse serious writer ever known. The largest single volume of his work available in English, this collection includes poetry, songs, autobiographical works, letters, travel writings, prose, novels, short stories, humorous pieces, and plays.
Download or read book Short Stories from Rabindranath Tagore written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by East-West Publications Fonds. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteen short stories collected here were written between 1891 and 1917 by the Bengali poet, writer, painter, musician and mystic, Sir Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Throughout these stories, Tagore's main interest is people and the kaleidoscope of human emotions, as men and women struggle with the restrictions and prohibitions of contemporary Hindu society.
