LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:8 August 2020
ISSN 1930-2940

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Tagore’s Concept of Womanhood and His Deep Insight into
the Heart of a Woman as Pictured in His Short Stories

Dr. C. Ramya, M.B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Abstract

This paper analyses the fictional art and forte of Rabindranath Tagore with a focus on the sufferings, agonies, distractions faced by modern woman searching for self-identity, for which the young wife Kumo (from the short story Vision) is chosen for a brief evaluation and analysis, so as to bring home the point that the women is projected as a frustrated wife longing for love, proper care and kind treatment from her husband who is not at all ready and prepared to gives as many husbands normally do in Indian society. At a point when both husband and wife are separated, she became more aguish, the pain of separation is still worse than her sickness. Finally, Kumo lost her sight because of her foolish act. Being pioneers towards spiritual life is respectable but losing the life on behalf of it is a foolish act. Even though a woman gets a great advancement in life, she is still in the dark side of life. But Tagore is always a strong supporter of women, his concept of common hood is always something remarkable and appreciable in all respects.

Keywords: Rabindranath Tagore, Short stories Vision, Wife’s letter, Living or Dead?, The River Stairs, Personality, Womanhood, Popularity, self-identity, agony and frustration, racial discrimination, longing for love, exploitation, depression, liberation.

In Bengali literature, the modern short story is a unique product of the nineteenth Century which witnessed many upheavals in politics as well as in social customs. With the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore, Short Story writing received the impetus it was in need of. Tagore’s first story “Bhikarini” was published when he was just sixteen years old. Though the short story as a literary genre is now very popular with Indian writers, no one has yet equaled him in this art” (Kripalani 153).

In a field where competition was stiff, Tagore occupied a unique place in the forefront. His views on patriotism, love, relationship, social relations among the young and the old find imaginative expression in his stories. Every story written by Tagore shines like a gem. His stories generally focus on how we should live in unity, eradicate racial discrimination and fight against violence and exploitation. The concept of women’s liberation and emancipation existed in India more than a half a century ago. One can see this aspect richly portrayed in the short stories of Tagore. The prominent writers Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Tagore - all believed in the liberation of women. With superb artistic power, Tagore brought before the reader’s eye numerous cases of social injustice especially meted out to women.

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Dr. C. Ramya, M.B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Asst. Professor
Department of English
E.M.G. Yadava College for Women
MADURAI – 625 014
Tamil Nadu, India
rramyachelliah@gmail.com
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