Reply
Sun 19 Feb, 2006 12:42 am
Written when India was under British rule
I need a review kind of explaination so as to understand the poem,
what he(Poet) means when he says something
Freedom
Freedom from fear is the freedom
i claim from you my motherland!
Freedom from the burden of ages,bending your head
breaking your back,blinding your eyes to the beckoning
call of the future;
Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith
you fasten yourself in nights stillness,
mistrusting the star that speaks of truths adventorous path;
freedom from the anarchy of destiny
whose sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,
and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death,
freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppets world,
where movements are started through brainless wires,
reapetedly through mindless habits,
where figures wait with paitence and obidence for the master of the show,
to be stirred into a moments mimicry of life
-Rabindranath Tagore
What do YOU think the poem means, for starters, Abu?
its a call to the people of the nation who are getting used to the british rule, and compromising, by allowing them to rule them. it is a call to fight for freedom.
Abu,
I think Tagore speaks of the calcification of British rule, the puppetry of those who serve.
However, I wonder if he does not speak as well of the Hindu vision of life, as a carpet that unrolls in front of you, unchanged and unchanging, a life to be lived in lockstep, a life played out in roles that are pre-ordained, a life that can be lived well within one's destined boundaries but never outside of them.
I am interested to see modern India and some young Indians who shake off these shackles, denying a forced-fit role and its limitations. Are they abandoning their Hindu upbringing or adapting it?
Abu,
I think Tagore speaks of the calcification of British rule, the puppetry of those who serve.
However, I wonder if he does not speak as well of the Hindu vision of life, as a carpet that unrolls in front of you, unchanged and unchanging, a life to be lived in lockstep, a life played out in roles that are pre-ordained, a life that can be lived well within one's destined boundaries but never outside of them.
I am interested to see modern India and some young Indians who shake off these shackles, denying a forced-fit role and its limitations. Are they abandoning their Hindu upbringing or adapting it?
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace