I've got "Choker Bali",Rabindranath Tagore. Story revolves around complex relationship between three individuals under a single roof.
There's Mahendra, his wife and a widow. Mahendra, brought up attached to his mother, marrys a girl, who apparently proposed to his friend. But later the things change and his desires intensifys towards 'Binodini', who's a window came to stay with them. The emotional struggle he undergoes is expressed quite immensely. From there onwards the story is the saga of 'Binodini'. During the time the story was written pre-era of revolutionised Indian culture. In early periods widows were deprived from re-marrying and the story's anti-climax occurs based on this theme, where Binodini rejects offer for marriage, based on the fear of rejection from the society.
There's Mahendra, his wife and a widow. Mahendra, brought up attached to his mother, marrys a girl, who apparently proposed to his friend. But later the things change and his desires intensifys towards 'Binodini', who's a window came to stay with them. The emotional struggle he undergoes is expressed quite immensely. From there onwards the story is the saga of 'Binodini'. During the time the story was written pre-era of revolutionised Indian culture. In early periods widows were deprived from re-marrying and the story's anti-climax occurs based on this theme, where Binodini rejects offer for marriage, based on the fear of rejection from the society.
Translation is quite elegant; "From time immemorial, the river Jamuna had been fed by the glacial snows of the Himalayas, and equally timeless have been the hymns sung, down the ages, by poets in praise of the Jamuna."
Tagore always speakout the human weaknesses and such was elegantly expressed by the translated author, Sukhendu Ray.
The story is being filmed as well in 2003 as a bengali film, with Aishwarya Rai as the main actress, playing the role of 'Binodini'. I think she is quite a match for a tempting character like 'Binodini', a woman with wit, beauty, and desire.
Interesting reading revealing reality from a dream world in people.
4 comments:
Oh geee yes yes so true>>>wat an advance critic my darling sisi mouse has put on her very serious blog>>>oh boy her big fat mind wacking English itself gives a hard time for a simple minded Harry Potter fan like me>>>u know since iam tiny tuny minded little sister who love2 c the life as a big bowl of creamy ice cream,it is bit hard2 join my Mousy sister's Shakespear(wrong spelling probably)group>>>>
Oh but i love the way my sisi moves on however howmuch itz so damn serious>>>She is one of the kind sis with a very loving heart>>>Go mouse go>>>>
For a moment i actually thought my dear little sis is going to act like a adult , he he...
Acting adult is so boring>>>it means lot of serious stuff crunchings>>>itz way way out of me>>>now if u talk about Harry Potter or the cartoon side of the life thatz fun we r talking about>>>>>>hmmmm so the critics like these just so not me>>>>but this is my sisi>>>this is who she is>>>>>shez more toward Shakespear(wrong spelling i guess again)rather than to Harry Potter
Here goes your akki again...'Boring' could be attributed to diferent things by differnet people...what is boring to you my dear, may not be boring to me, :)
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