Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 105
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171677835
Description
‘The Waterfall’ was first published in 1922, the same year as its Bengali original, Muktadhara. Tagore admittedly chose the title inspired by the Pagla-jhora or the Mad Stream—the waterfall at Darjeeling. It is considered by many as one of the finest plays written by Tagore.
‘The Waterfall’ was first published in 1922, the same year as its Bengali original, Muktadhara (Free Current). Tagore admittedly chose the title inspired by the Pagla-jhora or the Mad Stream—the waterfall at Darjeeling. It is considered by many as one of the finest plays written by Tagore.
The play in Tagore’s own words ‘is a representation of a concrete psychology’. Abhijit, one the principal characters, after a revelation of his castaway status, develops a belief that he has a spiritual relationship with the waterfall beside whose mouth he was discovered. He is convinced that he has a message to convey to the world – to open out paths for the adventurous spirit of man. This self-realization leads him to emancipate not only the prisoned waters of ‘Muktadhara’ but also his own life from the shackles of the palace and its responsibilities.