There is a sparkling fire in Binodini’s heart. She has no control over events in her own life- whether it is her life with her relatives, or her marriage to Mahendra or her inability to handle the situationat Mahendra’s house- be it his passion or his mother’s antogonism. It is almost inevitable that a lonely woman reading as much, and as varird atuff as Binodini does, should be tempted to put her viles to work, to test her powe over people, to feel the passion she so craves to experiance.Īsha, is the complete opposite, – The meek, simple, illiterate and also unable to run a house like Mahendra’s. Yet, her being a widow keeps her secluded and away from every tempatation.
She is well read, adept at household tasks, is beautiful,as well as model of perfection. It came as big surprise to me, that i identidied myself with both.īinodini is obviously one of the strongest characters. I had never thought i would identify myself with one of them- after all among the female characters, the mother and aunt were too old, Asha was simple and uneducated and Binodini was a widow living in seclusion. I wondered as i read, whom i would like the most, by the time i completed it. With few such characters, it was inevitable that i was immersed in them almost as soon i began the book. The story could well b happening today in some parts of India, or even the world, so timeless does it feel. We all know people like Mahendra and Bihari, Asha and Binodini, even Mahendra’s aunt and mother. Yet as i read the book, i couldnot help compare the characters with people i knew, to the people in my life. And this century saw too much of change- political and idealogical and above all the technological. The characters are from a long time gone. There are a few detailed discriptions of the characters, but they come alive through their words and actions. The narrator is a third person, but the characters speak for themsleves. There are no plots and happenings to speak of- just th characters and their lives entwining and separating. The cover if the book is too well designed depicting just a hint of sensuousness, a thread which runs through the story as well.Ĭoming to the story itself, it is only after i read it, that i understood just why this is considered to be the herald of the ‘Modern Indian Novel’. “CHOKHER BALI” literally means ‘ a grain of sand in the eye’ used as a metaphor for a constant irritating presence, the titile beautifully sums uo the story.
However, having taken up this uneviable task ,all i can do is put my forth my thoughts on the book, and leave you to judge me, as well as the book of yourselves. Readings these words today a hundred and ten years after they were first written, i wonder if i am qualified to review a book by an author such as Tagore, and above all such a path breaking novel like this.
SUCH IS THE NARRATIVE MODE OF CHOKHER BALI”. ” THE LITERATURE OF THE NEW AGE SEEKS NOT A NARRATE A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, BUT TO REVEAL THE SECRETS OF HEART.
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‘ Choker bali’ was written by Rabindranath Tagore as a serial in periodical Bangadarshan from 1902 to 1903. For his beautiful, profound aand sensitive verses, which expressed his poetic thought, he was awarded the nobel prize in literature. Rabindranath tagore is possibly the most famous poet to come from India.
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