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#melodiousmonday Mrinal Strir Patra (A Wife’s Letter) was yet another short story Tagore wrote in the early 1900s. Mrinal’s letter to her husband of 15 years is a scathing lament of a woman who was robbed of her dignity from the moment she was married at the age of 12. Her lament was not for herself alone, it was for her sister-in-law, her sister, and how she was feared for her intelligence when everyone in her family would rather have her be just another pretty face. Mrinal’s every word rings scornfully. Her feminism lay in her unleashing her unbound anger through her letter. This was an act of revolution and remains so in a world that condemns women who refuse to reign in their anger, who refuse to back down, who refuse to bow down. #miraculous #monday #mrinal #stripatra #tagoresheroine #sensitive #love #ambition #frmale #character #human #tradition #society #actor #instagram #peace #color #england #august #2020 #ideas #sunshine #harmonies #rain #grow #positivevibes #world #india #thoughts https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzAX1EBQb-/?igshid=zzosveso5fh4

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#melodiousmonday Charulata Satyajit Ray immortalised Nashtanir’s (The Broken Nest) Charulata in his 1964 film starring Madhabi Mukherjee as the eponymous character. Set during the Bengal Renaissance, it exposed the 19th century Bangali bhodrolok’s hypocrisy when it came to being liberated and educated. Charulata husband Bhupati never acknowledged her intellect. The fact that Charu finally came into her own through her writings, and the love of a man who admired her for her wit and not her looks, was a feminist realisation of women’s greatest desire – to be seen, to be heard for who we are, not out outward appearances. #miraculous #monday #charulata #satyajitray #tagoresheroine #sensitive #love #ambition #frmale #character #human #tradition #society #actor #instagram #peace #color #england #august #2020 #ideas #sunshine #harmonies #rain #grow #positivevibes #world #india #thoughts https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzAe3yBcEd/?igshid=n0qkhtmvdj1s

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#melodiousmonday Kalyani Not all of Tagore’s significant heroines belonged to his novels. Some like Aparichita’s Kalyani belonged to his short stories “for the appreciation of those who do not confuse brevity with insignificance.” The pivotal point in her story doesn’t come when her marriage is called off early on. It comes when Kalyani herself takes the decision to remain unmarried for the rest of her life. It’s when she chooses to dedicate her life to the education of other women, less privileged, to preserve her dignity over letting patriarchal traditions dictate her value and significance in society. #miraculous #monday #kalyani #aprichitakalyani #tagoresheroine #sensitive #love #ambition #frmale #character #human #tradition #society #actor #instagram #peace #color #england #august #2020 #ideas #sunshine #harmonies #rain #grow #positivevibes #world #india #thoughts https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzAjHEBm6D/?igshid=8w6dt91zs5u8

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#melodiousmonday Giribala The most intriguing part of Giribala’s journey toward her freedom in Maanbhanjan was her passion for the theatre. Giribala, like Charulata, was trapped in a loveless marriage but her great escape came from quarters that were considered too disgraceful for women of respectable families back in the day – the stage. When her husband Gopinath physically assaults her and leaves her for the actress of a local theatre, Giribala leaves his home in heartbreaking silence. But what grounded Giribala’s character and made her utterly believable and human, was her underlying vindictive streak that fueled her need to make something out of herself, defying traditions, defying society. #miraculous #monday #giribala #manbhanjan #theatre #loveless #marriage #physical #assault #character #human #tradition #society #actress #instagram #peace #color #england #august #2020 #ideas #sunshine #harmonies #rain #grow #positivevibes #world #india #thoughts https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzDbhphn7M/?igshid=1a5inp91lub82

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#melodiousmonday Rabindranath Tagore Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Tagore’s female characters were living, breathing, spitfires of desire and ambition. The underlying resentment and dignity in them is what made them relatable. They weren’t mere ornaments in a man’s life. They demanded to be treated and respected as human beings. At the time of bengal renaissance. #miraculous #monday #rabindranathtagore #bengalipoet #litreature #sensitive #nobelprize #ambition #frmale #character #human #tradition #society #actor #instagram #peace #color #england #august #2020 #ideas #sunshine #harmonies #rain #grow #positivevibes #world #india #thoughts https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzDeUrBEEe/?igshid=1d4yomh6nxz4k