Introduction
● The Poet draws a picture of free India.
● He dreamt of a country with no boundaties.
● The Poem is his idealistic dream about India.
● It is self explanatory .
● The Poet prays for the welfare of his country.
Words Meanings:
Fragments - Pieces
Head is held high - Self-respect
Domestic - Pertaining to family
Striving - Try hard
Tireless - Without getting tired
Stream - River
Dreary - Dull
Dead habit - Old Customs
Reason - Intellect
Desert - Dry area of land
Awake - To get up from sleep
Summary
At the outset, the Poet prays to the God Almighty that all his countryman must be brave and have their heads high in self-respect and self-confident undaunted by any fear of repression or force. Everyone in his country should not be the exclusive right to the aristocrats and the wealthy. Acquiring of knowledge by the people should not be constrained by narrow ideas and loyalty.
Tagore as deeply distressed by the suppression of the British Imperialistic force and was dispirited by the loss of pride and dignity of his mother country India because of her repression by the British rule. Therefore, Tagore envisaged a country where the people live with pride, knowledge and strength.
The poet continues his universal prayer with the assertion that the world is broken up and the human beings are division on many a narrow consideration, like social, economic and religious or caste restrictions. The poet prays that minds of the people of his country should be above the influence of social status, economic circumstances, colour, religious beliefs or doctrine, parochial narrow-minded consideration and destruction superstition. Their minds ought to be enlarged with worthy thought and fruitful action gainful to the nation. The words of truth should emerge from the soundness of heart and should be altered forthrightly and bravely for the entire world to take feed. He prays that his countryman should endeavour unflaggingly to accomplish perfection in the struggle and strife they undertake for the betterment of the nation. Their action should be based on reason and free from superstation as well as outdated customs and conventions.
They should be focused on their destination and should not be misguided by the barren beliefs and meaningless rituals or customs. Their minds should be filled with progressive thoughts and their logical activities should concentrate on the betterment of their country, the poet desire his countryman to be aware of the possibilities and potential of logical thinking and virtuous actions. He entreats the God Almighty to guide his countryman to progress to a heaven of freedom.
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