Haimanti: Of Autumn

Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Classics
Cover of the book Haimanti: Of Autumn by Rabindranath Tagore, A. Datta
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Author: Rabindranath Tagore ISBN: 9781476043630
Publisher: A. Datta Publication: May 29, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
ISBN: 9781476043630
Publisher: A. Datta
Publication: May 29, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Taught at college level across India, this gem of a short story originally written in Bengali in 1914, lays bare the heart of matrimonial relations in a significant part of nineteenth and twentieth century as well as an uncertain proportion of twenty-first century India. This piece from Tagore will give you more insight into traditional Indian concepts of arrange marriage and joint family than can be attained by merely spending a lifetime in India. If you stay till the end, make sure to compare the final paragraph of the story with the first three and you will see why for the vulture of metaphor it is an endless circle of feeding where beginning follows the end …

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Taught at college level across India, this gem of a short story originally written in Bengali in 1914, lays bare the heart of matrimonial relations in a significant part of nineteenth and twentieth century as well as an uncertain proportion of twenty-first century India. This piece from Tagore will give you more insight into traditional Indian concepts of arrange marriage and joint family than can be attained by merely spending a lifetime in India. If you stay till the end, make sure to compare the final paragraph of the story with the first three and you will see why for the vulture of metaphor it is an endless circle of feeding where beginning follows the end …

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