The Home and the World

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The Home and the World

Author Name: Rabindranath Tagore | Format: Paperback | Genre : Literature & Fiction | Other Details

The Home and the World, originally written in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore in 1916, chronicles the conflict between rising ideologies of Western culture and the revolt against it. Set in Bengal in the early 20th century, the story unfolds against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement, calling for the boycott of all foreign goods. Narrated from the perspective of the three main characters Bimala, Nikhil and Sandip, The Home and the World is a love story interspersed with political implications and radical reforms. It dwells into the different perspectives of freedom and the Swadeshi movement from each character’s standpoint and the conflicts that ensue as a result of the tension in the society and their personal lives. The book subtly explains the tussle between Western and Indian ideologies with profound descriptions of British-governed India and their underlying motives to divide the country for political and economic gains.

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali short-story writer, poet, musician, composer, playwright, essayist and painter from India who was instrumental in transforming Indian art, especially Bengali literature and music, by introducing contextual modernism and new verses and prose. Both his prose and poetry were on varied topics and were considered to be magical and spiritual as visible in some of his noted works such as Gitanjali, Gora and Ghare-Baire. Referred to as the ‘Bard of Bengal’, his compositions were chosen as national anthems by India and Bangladesh while the Sri Lankan national anthem was inspired by his work. He became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.