Chokher Bali

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Chokher Bali is a classic Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores complex human emotions, desire, and social norms through the story of a young widow and a married couple.

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instanceOf Bengali-language novel
novel
adaptedInto film
television series
author Rabindranath Tagore
countryOfOrigin India
explores conflict between personal desire and social duty
emotional complexity of marriage
friendship turning into rivalry
position of widows in Bengali society
focusesOn inner lives of its characters
genre novel
psychological fiction
social novel
hasAdaptation Chokher Bali self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chokher Bali (2003 film)

Chokher Bali self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chokher Bali (television series)
hasCharacterRelationship Binodini and Ashalata
Binodini and Bihari
Binodini and Mahendra
Mahendra and Ashalata
hasFemaleProtagonist Binodini
hasTitleLanguage Bengali
languageScript Bengali script
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Bengali literature
literaryStatus classic of Bengali literature
mainCharacter Ashalata
Bihari
Binodini
Mahendra
notableFor critique of conservative social customs in Bengal
exploration of complex human emotions
portrayal of a young widow
originalLanguage Bengali
partOf Rabindranath Tagore bibliography
settingPeriod late 19th century
settingPlace Bengal
theme betrayal
desire
friendship
gender roles
jealousy
marriage
morality
social norms
widowhood
titleMeaning a grain of sand in the eye
writtenBy Rabindranath Tagore

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Chokher Bali hasAdaptation Chokher Bali self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chokher Bali (2003 film)
Chokher Bali hasAdaptation Chokher Bali self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chokher Bali (television series)
Rabindranath Tagore notableWork Chokher Bali