Apprehension of Prerogative Replica in the Exertions of Rabindranath Tagore

Abstract

This article delves into how Rabindranath Tagore examined the theme of freedom in his works, influenced by his experiences under foreign rule, including issues like racism, language barriers, living conditions, and the freedom to voice opinions. Tagore criticizes narrow nationalism, which he views as fueled by selfish ambition and greed.

His plays—Dakghar

(The Post Office), Achalayatan (The Immovable), Muktadhara (The Waterfall), and Raktakarabi (Red Oleanders)—each reveal different dimensions of his expansive concept of freedom