The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
Successful injustice and genuine cruelty have been the only forces by which individual or nation has become millionaire or monarch.
Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World.
The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
Set in colonial India during the Swadeshi movement, 'The Home and the World' is an English language translation of Tagore's Bengali novel Ghare Baire.
Masterfully translated by the author's nephew, Surendranath Tagore, the book, with its semi-autobiographical elements, is, primarily, a clash of opposing ideologies, both geared towards the same ultimate objective: freedom.
But what does freedom mean? And how do you achieve it? Ostensibly a love triangle, the novel, through its protagonists, reveals a nation in turmoil, fiercely debating its ideals and values.
Read This Book for an exploration of complex concepts such as freedom and tyranny, patriotism and nationalism, and tradition and modernism.