The Mind Illumined: Tagore’s Radical Reflections on Home and the Nation in Ghare Baire by Jaydeep Sarangi

Tagore’s Ghare Baire is set in the backdrop of the tumultuous period of history of Bengal. Partition of Bengal in 1905 and the anti-partition upheaval in the following decade shaped Tagore’s thoughts. Ghare Baire is a social document of the time, the Zamindari system, British misrule, religious riots and the Swadeshi movement. Read more