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  1. Chokher Bali is a 1903 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that depicts the life of the central character, Binodini, and her relationships with three individuals. It explores the extramarital affair between Binodini, a young widow, and Mahendra, one of the three other main characters, the complicated friendship with Asha, his girl-wife, and her mutually conflicting feelings with Behari ...

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  2. Chokher Bali traces the story of Binodini – a beautiful, convent educated widow who cannot easily endure society’s negligence. Binodini is rejected by Mahin, but he later marries the younger and uneducated Asha. Binodini becomes envious of Asha and Mahin’s marital bliss and uses Mahin’s mother Rajlaxshmi’s dislike of Asha to ...

  3. A complex character study that at times runs parallel to the societal norms, while sometimes defying the traditional diktats, 'Chokher Bali' gives us a lot to think about. Binodini's lust for Mahin, her intrusions in Asha's marriage and her need for control and attention at all times can be attributed to the life of seclusion she has been leading as a widow.

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    • Rabindranath Tagore and Radha Chakravarty
  4. Chokher Bali (চোখের বালি) is a 1903 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that revolves around the central character Binodini and her relationships with three individuals. It explores the extramarital affair between Binodini, a young widow, and Mahendra, an old suitor of hers, the complicated friendship with Asha, Mahendra's wife, and her mutually conflicting feelings with ...

  5. Jan 1, 2012 · Chokher Bali. Paperback – January 1, 2012. by Rabindranath Tagore (Author), Radha Chakravarty (Translator) 4.5 155 ratings. See all formats and editions. Chokher Bali explores the forbidden emotions unleashed when a beautiful, young widow enters the seemingly harmonious world of a newly married couple. This path-breaking novel by Tagore ...

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    • Rabindranath Tagore
  6. Chokher Bali. Kindle Edition. by Rabindranath Tagore (Author), Radha Chakraborty (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.5 167 ratings. See all formats and editions. The literature of the new age seeks not to narrate a sequence of events, but to reveal the secrets of the heart. Such is the narrative mode of Chokher Bali’ – Rabindranath ...

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  8. A timeless tale of complex emotional relationships from an acknowledged master Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Rituparno Ghosh, Chokher Bali is Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore's classic exposition of an extramarital af...

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