Analysis Of Tagore s The New Woman - 1415 Words

Tagore’s portrayal of underprivileged women like Chandalika, Chitrangada or Srimati is a reflection of the idea of the ‘new woman’ that had emerged from the time of the Bengal Renaissance, and feminism in Rabindranath challenges the traditional view of women as the weaker sex. He urged women to step out of the precincts of their home to pursue education and cultivate their intellect stressing the importance of their autonomous self development. So he chooses the icons of marginality-warriors, untouchables, dancing girls in his women centred dramas to portray the radical nature of his conception of women and the maturation of their self hood. This paper is a humble attempt to showcase how the underprivileged women protest for establishing their identity as ‘new women’ as reflected in Tagore’s Chandalika and Natir Puja. Keywords: Underprivileged, new woman, identity. Modern age is considered to be the age of feminism. 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