Clear Light of Day

by

Anita Desai

Rabindranath Tagore Term Analysis

Rabindranath Tagore was a prominent Bengali writer and independence activist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and his work is well-known and universally acclaimed throughout South Asia today, especially by Bengalis like Dr. Biswas and Mrs. Biswas.
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Rabindranath Tagore Term Timeline in Clear Light of Day

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...agrees and rushes inside to Raja, who jokes about Biswas playing the violin and singing Tagore. (full context)
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...son works. She tells him to play the violin. He tells her to sing her Tagore songs instead, and their disagreement grows into a heated argument. As if this weren’t uncomfortable... (full context)