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Broken Ties summary. Summary of Broken Ties. Chapter 1: Uncle. The story begins when the narrator of the story, identified as Srivilas in Chapter IV, comes across a student named Satish, who is infamous for his beliefs in atheism.
Broken Ties, Chapter 1 translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Broken Ties, Chapter 2.
When evening came, and the old servant knocked at the door with the lighted lamp, he got no answer. Alas for the greatest happiness of the greatest number! The estimate in number is not the only measure of human affairs. The man who counts 'one' may go beyond all arithmetic when the heart does the sum.
Broken Ties and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Tagore that debate and compare the differences between traditional and modern Indian society of the time. Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his powerful poetry.
Tagore writes the story in four parts revolving around four different characters. Sachish is the common thread throughout and we see him and his friend Sribilash learn from an atheist uncle, experiment with following a guru, and finally Sribilash marries their mutual friend Damini.
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Rabindranath Tagore 4237439 Broken Ties and other Stories 1925 Rabindranath Tagore, William Winstanley Pearson, and Anonymous ...
"Broken Ties and Other Stories" by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore consists of the novelette Broken Ties, which portrays the conflict between modernity and tradition in the Indian society, and six short stories. 229 pages, Kindle Edition. First published November 5, 2013. Book details & editions. About the author. Rabindranath Tagore.
