Known to be written by him in complete isolation, The Postmaster established Tagore as India’s greatest romantic as the story beautifully explores human condition its varied forms, from the innocence of childhood to the contrast between a bustling city and a rustic village as well as love and loss and the natural and supernatural! It is one of the best books by Rabindranath Tagore which you can pick if you are just starting out with reading his immensely rich and amazingly endearing literature! Chokher Bali The PostmasterĪlas for our foolish human nature! Its fond mistakes are persistent. Amongst the famous books by Rabindranath Tagore which has strikingly broken the traditional portrayal of male and female protagonists, it has also underlined several aspects of Swadeshi movement through the contrast between conventional and radical perspectives. As both a love story and political saga, the novel beautifully portrays Tagore’s self-struggle as he was torn between the cultural ideas of West and his defiance against them. In the context of the Swadeshi Movement, Tagore has masterfully created three characters, Nikhil, Bimala and Sandip, struggling their own ideas about the self amidst the revolutionary times of the freedom struggle in India.

Originally named as Ghare Baire in Bengali, The Home and the World is a novel set in the early years of the Indian independence struggle and was published in the year 1916. I cannot speak for others, but I had so much in this cage of mine that there was not room for it in the universe- at least that is what I then felt.” “I have read in books that we are called ‘caged birds’. “ When I sing to make you dance I truly now why there is music in leaves, and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth-when I sing to make you dance.“ The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:ĭark, mysterious, impenetrable.” Gitanjali

“The small wisdom is like water in a glass:

The Heart of God: Prayers of Rabindranath Tagore Here are some of the best books by Rabindranath Tagore everyone must read once in their lives. He was gifted with the art of storytelling as he wove even the simplest of stories into internationally accoladed writings. A striking storyteller and soulful poet, Rabindranath Tagore explored the unconventional themes of his times and painted a stunning portrait of the Bengali culture through his amazing works.

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