Nikhilesh

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Nikhilesh is the introspective, progressive zamindar whose emotional and ideological journey anchors Rabindranath Tagore’s novel "Ghare-Baire" ("The Home and the World").

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Label Occurrences
Nikhilesh canonical 5
Nikhil 2
Nikhilesh series 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
zamindar
appearsIn Ghare-Baire
The Home and the World
centralThemeRelation home vs world
nationalism vs universalism
reason vs passion
tradition vs modernity
conflictsWith Sandip’s aggressive nationalism
contrastedWith Sandip’s charismatic extremism
createdBy Rabindranath Tagore
culturalContext Bengali
embodies Tagore’s critique of militant nationalism
firstPublicationContext Ghare-Baire
surface form: Ghare-Baire (serialized 1916; book 1916 in Bengali)
gender male
hasFriend Sandip
hasRole narrator
hasSpouse Bimala
hasTrait gentle
idealistic
introspective
progressive
rational
self-critical
ideology liberal humanism
languageOfWork Bengali
livesIn rural Bengal
narrativeFunction moral center of the novel
primary perspective character
nationality Indian
occupation landlord
relationshipDynamic love triangle with Bimala and Sandip
settingOfLife zamindar estate
socialStatus zamindar
supports Bimala’s intellectual freedom
education for women
symbolizes ethical restraint
spiritual nationalism
timePeriod early 20th century
undergoes emotional transformation
ideological crisis

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghare-Baire mainCharacter Nikhilesh
Ghare-Baire hasCharacter Nikhilesh
Sunil Gangopadhyay notableWork Nikhilesh
this entity surface form: Nikhilesh series
The Home and the World narratorCharacter Nikhilesh
this entity surface form: Nikhil
The Home and the World majorCharacter Nikhilesh
this entity surface form: Nikhil
Ghôre Baire mainCharacter Nikhilesh
Ghôre Baire narrator Nikhilesh