Nov 20, 2016 08:45 PM
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Basically I am journalist. last thirteen years am in field. you must read Gora.Gora is a complex epic novel around the turns of the 20th century by Rabindranath Tagore. it is a love story based with complex subplot. the characters engage in intricate debates, reflections and simple arguments. The ideas that tagore address are all the issues that were hide in india in the late 1800s and early 1900s. the exclusion of woman from the main ranks of society and indian culture. religious rituals and practices that appeared to some as primitive. the cast system india's place in a political world. the hero is Gora an energetic hindu who practices his religion in the highest manner. he falls in love with Sucharita yet tries to deny his feelings. her friend Lolitha falls in love with Gora's friend Binoy. when binoy who is also a hindu, renounces hinduism to become a brahmos and embrace the new religion of brahma samaj, Gora is devastated. brahmos are opposed to the oppression of india's traditions and religious practices and seek to establish a new india that is embracing of all people equally and liberated as well as liberating for all.once again you must read it is very beautiful and mindblowing novel.