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0:06namaste friends welcome to Indian
0:09literary classics in this episode we're
0:11going to talk about the work of an
0:13author who needs no special introduction
0:15considered among the finest writers in
0:18the world he became the first
0:20non-european to win a Nobel Prize in
0:22Literature he shaped Bengali literature
0:25music and gave two nations their
0:28national anthem we are talking about
0:30none other than guru Dave Robinson our
0:32Tagore he published several books and
0:36translated his poems into free verse in
0:401910
0:41he published Gitanjali translated as the
0:45song offerings that contained 150 plus
0:48poems which were primarily from his own
0:51books that he had written over period of
0:53time Raveena translated Gitanjali into
0:57English which were very popular in the
0:59West in 1913 he became the first
1:04non-european to win the Nobel Prize
1:06returneth was also an amazing composer
1:10and has composed more than 2,000 songs
1:13his songs known popularly as Robin de
1:17Xiang it is influenced by to memory
1:20style of Hindustani music his song
1:22janaganamana was first sung in 1911 at a
1:27session of the Indian National Congress
1:28and was adapted as India's national
1:32anthem in 1950 his song amar shown are
1:36bangla which is my golden Bengal was
1:39adopted by Bangladesh as its national
1:41anthem in 1971
1:49one of Remington our tacos best work his
1:52core a beret which means home and
1:55outside you can also call it as home and
1:58the world this book was published in
2:011916 in Tagore's native language Bengali
2:04the story presents a very interesting
2:07conflict between difference in
2:09ideologies of two friends and the impact
2:12it had on the wife of one of the friends
2:15now mean the knot also presents a very
2:18interesting view on the Swadeshi
2:20movement that was gaining popularity
2:21during that time the story actually
2:24revolves around the ideologies and
2:26emotions of three primary characters
2:28Nikhil
2:29Vimala and Sandeep minimalized from a
2:33poor background and is married to a very
2:36rich Salmond our Nikhil
2:38Vimala knows that she is neither
2:40good-looking nor well-educated but she's
2:43a devoted wife and ensures that she
2:46takes care of nickles every need given
2:49her background she is also very
2:50traditional in her thinking she would
2:53wake up early in the morning
2:54touch nickels feet without waking him up
2:57and fill her forehead with Sindhu Nikhil
3:00is a very well-educated person with
3:04strong ideologies his parents died long
3:07ago and he is brought up by his
3:09grandmother he had an elder brother who
3:12also died young due to drinking problems
3:15it is probably these circumstances that
3:18Nikhil brings himself up in a very
3:20disciplined way he cares about poor
3:23people in his village and tries to help
3:26them with all possible amenities Nikhil
3:31is also very broad-minded for his time
3:33he wants Bimala to have full freedom in
3:37how she should lead her life he arranges
3:40an English tutor for her and also gets
3:42her trained to play the piano
3:45Nichols widowed sister-in-law who stays
3:48with them is particularly jealous of all
3:50the freedom and attention Nikhil gives
3:52Bimala and keeps taunting her Nikhil is
3:55aware of this but he chooses to just
3:56ignore it
3:57Nikhil treats her as an equal and tells
4:00her everything about him
4:02childhood his friends and he wants her
4:05to step out of the house and see the
4:07outside world he also feels that the
4:09outside world may want Bimala although
4:12she's not too keen to step outside she
4:15says if the outside world has gotten
4:17along so well without me so far it can
4:20continue to go on for some more time
4:23after his grandmother's death Nikhil
4:25once Bimala to move to Calcutta with him
4:28as he is continuing his education but
4:30she refuses it was the beginning of the
4:34Swadeshi moment in Bengal the sounds of
4:37Banda matram was becoming very prominent
4:40all over freedom fighters were urging
4:43people to abandon foreign goods Nikhil
4:47also has been trying to get things
4:49produced locally but he realizes the
4:52cost far outweighs the benefits he also
4:55believes that the poor people won't be
4:58able to afford local items as they were
5:00more expensive to produce than the
5:02foreign ones given that there was no
5:04industry or factories Nikhil goes out of
5:07his way to help villagers to get a loom
5:09or a rice husking machine so that they
5:12can think of producing things locally
5:14but for some reason or the other it
5:16never takes off and he continues to
5:19incur a heavy expense after which he
5:22realizes this probably may not work it
5:26was those days when Bimala heard about
5:28Sandeep who was Nichols childhood friend
5:31Bimala did not have a high opinion of
5:34Sandeep as she thought that he was more
5:36of a money minded person who used Nikhil
5:39to just make a living he was just using
5:41Swadeshi movement as an excuse when
5:44Nikhil was already taking care of him on
5:46a very regular basis slowly Bimala felt
5:52herself getting into the Swadeshi
5:54ideologies given her roots she started
5:57feeling the urge to shun foreign items
6:00and told Nikhil I must burn all my
6:03foreign clothes she also feels that they
6:06should get rid of MS Gilby who was by
6:08mullahs English teacher Nikhil tries to
6:11convince her that she need not burn her
6:13clothes but she can stop wearing them if
6:15she doesn't
6:15want to he also tells her that she
6:18should not waste her energies in
6:20destructive excitement Bimala realized
6:23that Nikhil was not against the cause of
6:25Swadeshi movement but he just could not
6:28accept the spirit of Banda Mathur him
6:30yet
6:30BIM Allah's first interaction with
6:33Sandeep happens when he and his
6:35followers come to their neighborhood to
6:37preach for the she there is this big
6:40crowd and the air is filled with shouts
6:42of bond a motto she notices that he had
6:45an amazing command over the crowd who
6:49was swaying to his words as he goes on
6:52bimla feels completely drawn and she
6:55pushes the screen that usually Samina
6:58ladies used to cover themselves in those
7:01days she feels that she is completely
7:04transformed by the end of his speech
7:07she's become a huge fan of Sandeep
7:11bommana feels a very different person by
7:14the time she comes home and her thoughts
7:16are full of Sandeep
7:18Nikhil notices something different about
7:20Vimala but he chooses to keep quiet
7:22Bimala and all her excitement goes to
7:25Nikol and says we must invite Sandy Babu
7:28for dinner tomorrow
7:30Nikhil is taken aback and he says hmm
7:34but Sandeep has to go to run poor
7:36tomorrow morning for a meeting
7:37Vimala stops and asks must really go
7:41tomorrow I really want to invite him and
7:44I want to serve him myself
7:46Nikhil is very surprised as Bimala would
7:50usually avoid any of Nichols friends
7:53coming home for dinner the next day
7:58Vimala gets ready and she's in very high
8:01spirits her sister-in-law notices this
8:04and she mocks her Pamela just ignores
8:07her and to her own surprise when she
8:09meets Sandeep she feels terribly shy and
8:12somehow manages to say that dinner is
8:15getting late
8:16Sandeep has a way with words he says I
8:19get dinner every day but when the
8:22goddess herself has appeared before me
8:24he doesn't matter if dinner is a little
8:27late Vimala realizes that Sandeep does
8:30not hesitate to speak his mind and also
8:32behaves with her in a manner as if they
8:35know each other for a very long time
8:37Vimala thinks it's probably his
8:39closeness with Nikol that makes him take
8:42the liberty and fights herself
8:44completely drawn to everything Sandeep
8:47says Bimala also realizes that Sandeep
8:53and Nikol are totally opposite when it
8:55comes to ideologies when Sandeep
8:58complains to Bimala about Nicholls views
9:01on vandemataram Nikol says it has its
9:04place Sandeep but I am not convinced
9:06about giving it the whole place I know
9:09my country very well Sandeep counters by
9:13saying that he sees God in his country
9:16and he has given the God everything that
9:18he has Nikol argues that people cannot
9:22harm the country in the name of
9:24patriotism Sandeep turns to Bimala &
9:30Asser what do you think Bimala after a
9:33little thought says I want good things
9:36for my country I will not tolerate the
9:39wrongdoing and if required I will avenge
9:41any insults I look at my country as a
9:45person someone like Goddess Durga for
9:47whom I'll make the earth red with
9:50sacrifices Sandeep lifts his arm and
9:53shout hooray
9:54and after pause correct himself and says
9:57one day madam Nikhil says I am NOT
10:02divine I am just a human I will not
10:04permit any evil in me to exaggerate into
10:08an image of my own country never to this
10:11Sandeep says Nikhil you see how a
10:14woman's heart is pure and she can be
10:16cruel as well when it is required it is
10:19beautifully fearful he looks at Bimala
10:22and says you are a beautiful spirit of
10:25fire which can light up the world and
10:27can burn it to ashes give us the courage
10:30and grace Vimala by this time is
10:34completely bought into Sandeep's
10:36ideologies Sun leaps to starts to get
10:39closer to Bimala
10:40to the extent that he comes over to
10:42their house even when Nikhil is not
10:44around the Swadeshi movement picks up a
10:49lot of speed in Bengal and everyone gets
10:52consumed by it Nikhil tries to keep a
10:55very rational mindset but he's not very
10:58happy at the way things were developing
11:00both at home as well as outside
11:02Vimala also realizes that Nikhil was
11:05avoiding any sort of confrontation with
11:08Sandeep and seems to be deep in thought
11:10always it was around that time Sandi
11:14introduces Bimala to a young lad named
11:17Amulya Vimala agrees to provide him
11:20shelter and over a period of time
11:22Sandeep notices a big change in Amalia
11:25who is ready to jump into the Swadeshi
11:28fire one day the youth of the village
11:32come in a group and demand to Nikhil
11:34that he should banish all the foreign
11:37goods from the market Nikhil refuses and
11:40tries to explain to the group that the
11:42poor people will really hurt if they
11:45force them to adopt Swadeshi Goods but
11:47they just simply don't listen Nikhil
11:50says the country doesn't mean just the
11:53soil but also the people living in it he
11:56continues to address the group and tells
11:58them you're all covered as you come from
12:01well-to-do families yourselves but
12:03you're forcing the poor people who are
12:05barely managing to meet both ends and
12:08somehow keeping up with their hard work
12:10you can do whatever you want to keep up
12:12your fanaticism but I will not let these
12:15people who are completely dependent on
12:17me Sandeep and his group are trying
12:22their best to get everyone converted to
12:25Swadeshi movement and even go to the
12:27extent of imposing penalties on
12:29shopkeepers who are stalking foreign
12:32goods a few traders refused to join
12:35hands with Sandeep and he gets very
12:37upset Sandeep decides to teach them a
12:39lesson and sets the boat of the leader
12:42filled with foreign goods afloat and the
12:44boat sinks the boatman apologizes falls
12:48on his feet and complaints that his boat
12:51was worth two thousand rupees varies
12:53going to afford another boat because
12:55that is his main livelihood somebody
12:58figures that if he can get the boatman
13:01on a side a lot could be achieved he
13:04somehow hatches a plan to give the
13:06boatman his two thousand rupees
13:08but then starts to think about where he
13:10can get the money from Sandeep is
13:12willing to go to any extent to get his
13:16costs move forward he knows he needs
13:20money and he has only one source where
13:22he can go and get the money he decides
13:25to use Vimala and get some money for his
13:28cause he convinces her that success is
13:32knocking at their doorstep but then for
13:34him to liberate the country he needs a
13:37mere fifty thousand rupees so that he
13:39can go ahead and get his plans into
13:42action he also suggests to Bimala that
13:45the money should come from Nikhil safe
13:47as it is Nichols country as well and
13:50there is no point in keeping the money
13:52stashed in a cupboard when the country
13:55is getting deprived Bimala is left very
13:58confused as she is unable to say no to
14:01Sandeep but she also knows that fifty
14:04thousand rupees is a lot of money in
14:06those times she is not sure how she is
14:09going to be able to get the money and
14:11that to how she can not only ask Nikhil
14:14but how she could steal however she so
14:18deep into the freedom movement that she
14:20feels that it is a responsibility to
14:23contribute to the movement and help
14:25Sandeep Sandeep and Amalia praise her
14:28for the sin she is prepared to commit
14:30for the sake of the motherland Sandeep
14:35knows that Vimala is completely in his
14:38control now he continues to use the
14:41fight for Sade she has an emotional tool
14:44to extract money from her Bimala
14:49realizes that she has made a huge
14:51mistake by stealing money from her own
14:54house maybe she could have asked Nikhil
14:56she thinks and Nikhil would not have
14:58said no but she has gone so deep into
15:02this that she regrets her whole action
15:06she wants to make amends and she calls
15:09Amulya to her house and says can you
15:12pawn off some of my own jewelry so that
15:15I can get the money and replace it back
15:17in nickels chest she hands over her
15:20jewelry box to Amulya so that Amulya can
15:22go to the city and sell it as she is
15:25unable to do it herself
15:27as time passes vemula's conscience keeps
15:31pricking her the unrest why in the
15:34meantime gets bigger and bigger
15:36now nickle is concerned has it spirals
15:39into a religious mistrust Bimala also
15:43realizes that Sandeep is becoming greedy
15:45and starts questioning his motive she
15:49also feels that she has come a long way
15:51in her quest for inner independence and
15:54somehow she has drifted apart from
15:56Nichols significantly she wants to get
16:01back to normalcy in her family life and
16:04she agrees to leave the village and go
16:06to Calcutta
16:07along with Nicol and the rest of the
16:09family one day Sandeep along with Amulya
16:13comes to meet nickel and Bimala and to
16:16Bimala surprise he hands over her
16:19jewelry box back to her Vimala looks at
16:22Amulya shockingly who says to her that
16:26in spite of his repeated request sandy
16:29forcibly takes the gel box from him
16:31Sandeep says that his life is in danger
16:34as the traders are searching for him and
16:37he needs to run away as he needs to stay
16:40alive for the sake of the country
16:41Vimala and Amulya both feel that even at
16:45a time like this
16:46Sandeep is only concerned about himself
16:48and his own welfare
16:50in the meantime nikhil gets the news
16:53that some elements are on a looting
16:56spree and he rushes out unarmed Bimala
17:00tries to stop him but he just refuses
17:02and leaves Bimala sister-in-law closes
17:06her and says you witch look at what you
17:09have done your actions has sent a good
17:12man towards his death are you satisfied
17:14now
17:16Vimala is left shattered as night falls
17:20the flames of the fire Rises higher and
17:23higher and so are the flames in Pomona's
17:26heart she wishes that she had never met
17:29Sundeep and gotten involved in all of
17:32this she somehow feels responsible that
17:35she was the root cause of all this
17:37trouble and praise for nickels safe
17:40return finally she sees a group of
17:43people coming with a palanquin a doctor
17:46who's part of the group says that
17:48nickels head wound is very serious and
17:51it is he's in a very critical state when
17:55Bimala inquires about Amulya someone
17:57from the crowd says he got a bullet
17:59through his art and has died Pamela just
18:03slumps down in a state of shock now even
18:09a tiger has very effectively highlighted
18:12the family structures and values in
18:14India in the earlier 20th century and he
18:17blends in the elements of nationalism
18:19and the political movement that was at
18:22its peak during that time he also brings
18:25out vimala's pain when she realizes that
18:28stealing from her own house means
18:30stealing from her country as well it is
18:33a turning point for her when she clearly
18:36understands that nickel is so right in
18:38stating that you cannot harm the people
18:41of your country in the name of freedom
18:43and patriotism as people of the country
18:46and the country are not two separate
18:49things
18:51the story of Gauri by Ray was so famous
18:54so popular in its times that SATA Keith
18:57read the very very famous filmmaker made
19:00this book into a movie by the same name
19:03in 1984 Ray had the original script
19:07written in 1940 even before he made his
19:10award-winning movie Patel Panchali
19:12gurubhai ray went on to win the award
19:15for the best feature film in bengali at
19:18the 32nd national film awards if you are
19:21a film student this is a must watch on
19:24your list as the camerawork the lighting
19:27and the treatment of characters that
19:29satellite ray has given shows his class
19:32shows us genius
19:34I am leaving the links below for the
19:37movie as well as for the book both in
19:40original and the translation thank you
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