Questions tagged [chokher-bali]
Questions about the novel Chokher Bali (চোখের বালি / chokher baali "A Speck of Sand in the Eye"), published in 1903 in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore. Should also be tagged with [rabindranath-tagore] and [bengali-literature].
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Does Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Vishabriksha have a special meaning in Tagore's Chokher Bali?
Rabindranath Tagore's novel Chokher Bali makes a few references to Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Vishabriksha or The Poison Tree, which was first published in 1873. (The passages below are quoted ...
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Is Tagore's Chokher Bali a novel that illustrates the workings of mimetic desire?
Rabindranath Tagore's novel Chokher Bali (published in 1903) describes the relationships of four individuals: Mahendra, his wife Asha, his life-long friend Bihari and Binodini. The novel's title can ...
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