The story is set in India and follows the contemporary nationalist movements, the emphasis given to the problems of the colonial powers in the market, the morality behind violence, and the unfathomable question of ‘What does it mean to me to be a part of a nation?’. Adversely to this, worth mentioning was his most influential critic, György Lukács, who considered him tedious and unimaginative and this novel as a mere one-sided propagandistic pamphlet. The Home and the World is the novel of the senses, and all of us agreed on his sensory and natural imagery being one of the best features of the novel, together with the novel’s interesting collaboration of the narrators, contentious philosophical discourse, and poetic language (similarities made between Tagore the writer and Tagore the painter). His novel is often considered to be a part of the Indian literary canon, yet we tried to praise as well as criticise Tagore’s genius. He also spent some time at our university and even though he hadn’t graduated at UCL (not a direct result of a pandemic as it is the case today), his studies didn’t escape our discussions and comments on him and other prominent “episodic” students of London universities.
Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 and shaped the Eastern viewpoint on nationalism and Indian culture. The first book our club discussed in June was the compelling The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali writer, musician, and artist. The summary of the discussion is written by Lucia Magathova “ When I sing to make you dance I truly now why there is music in leaves, and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth-when I sing to make you dance.This week’s session was lead by Sara Karim The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:ĭark, mysterious, impenetrable.” Gitanjali “The small wisdom is like water in a glass:
The Heart of God: Prayers of Rabindranath Tagore Here are some of the best books by Rabindranath Tagore everyone must read once in their lives.
He was gifted with the art of storytelling as he wove even the simplest of stories into internationally accoladed writings. A striking storyteller and soulful poet, Rabindranath Tagore explored the unconventional themes of his times and painted a stunning portrait of the Bengali culture through his amazing works.
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