Ghôre Baire

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Ghôre Baire is a notable work by Rabindranath Tagore, best known in English as "The Home and the World," which explores nationalism, personal freedom, and gender roles in early 20th-century Bengal.

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instanceOf Bengali-language novel
novel
adaptedAs The Home and the World
surface form: The Home and the World (1984 film)
addresses interplay of love, politics, and duty
associatedWith Swadeshi movement
author Rabindranath Tagore
authorLanguage Bengali
authorNationality Indian
countryOfOrigin India
examines conflict between private life and public politics
female subjectivity in a patriarchal society
explores conflict between idealism and extremism in nationalism
moral consequences of political violence
role of women in early 20th-century Bengali society
tension between tradition and modernity
filmAdaptationDirector Satyajit Ray
form prose fiction
genre political novel
social novel
hasEnglishTranslation The Home and the World
hasPoliticalContext anti-colonial movement in British India
hasSettingElement zamindar household in Bengal
languageOfFilmAdaptation Bengali
literaryMovement Bengali literature
literarySignificance important exploration of nationalism in Indian literature
major work of Rabindranath Tagore
mainCharacter Bimala
Nikhilesh
Sandip
mainTheme gender roles
nationalism
personal freedom
narrativeForm first-person narration
narrator Bimala
Nikhilesh
Sandip
originalLanguage Bengali
protagonist Bimala
questioned romanticization of nationalist extremism
setIn Bengal
setInTimePeriod early 20th century
title Ghôre Baire self-link
titleInEnglish The Home and the World

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Mrinalini Devi spouseNotableWork Ghôre Baire
Ghôre Baire title Ghôre Baire self-link