The home and the world

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The Home and the World is the English translation of Ghare-Batre (1919). The story revolves around the life of three protagonists Nikhilesh, a wealthy and well-educated gentleman, his young wile Bimala, and his licry friend Sandip, a fearless Swadeshi fighter Bimala, influenced by Sandip, abandons her customary role as a wife and begins to break free from her confining environment. But her transition comes at a great cost. Written at the time when India was still onder the rule of the British Empire, the novel delibentes on the politics of its time. A clash of views for then and futuro India makes this novel an important read even today