A Research on Ravindra Nath Tagore’s Novel ‘Home and the World’: A Powerful Political Novel

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Abstract

Indian writing in English is essentially a product of the colonial period flowered after Independence. But the fact remains that writing in English is not the only Indian writing. Writing in other languages of India cannot be written off as purely regional. Novels written in native languages have been being translated into English. Many of these accommodate the geographical and cultural diversity of our sub-continent. Born of a political storm that swept Bengal in the wake of its partition by British rulers in 1905, Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home and the World remains, more than half a century after the end of colonial rule, astonishingly relevant to India today when political fanaticism, religious prejudice and terrorism-the issues dealt with in Tagore’s book-pose serious questions about her integrity. This research work proves that The Home and the World is a powerful political novel with a message that contains the complexity and tragic dimensions of Tagore’s own times, and ours.