Four Chapters

Char Adhyay (1934) was Rabindranath Tagore's last novel and perhaps the most controversial. Passion and politics intertwine in this narrative set in the context of nationalist politics in pre-Independent India. Ela a young working woman comes under the spell of Indranath a charismatic political activist who advocates the use of terror for the nationalist cause. She takes a vow never to marry and to devote her life to the nationalist struggle. But she falls in love with Atindra a poet and romanti...See More