Abstract
Spiritual humanism means thinking about the progress of human beings in all fields - social, cultural, political or economical and advocates that science and philosophy, art and literature, or anything that human beings have achieved by logical thinking and idealistic thoughts must aim at the well-being of humanity. Its principal aim is to achieve human freedom, cheerful life with development and prosperity without any kind of discrimination among human beings. Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer, musician, painter, educationist, social reformer, philosopher, spiritualist and a critic of life and literature. He wrote about the problems of women in most of his works – whether it is a poem, novel, play or a short- story. Rabindranath Tagore’s novel ‘Nexus’(Yogayog,1929) is an important story of a married woman Kumudini’s struggle for freedom against the brutality of her cruel husband, Madhusudan. Here, Tagore’s evolving attitude towards the role of a married woman, Kumudini and her rebellious thoughts towards the domination of her husband are clearly presented in this novel. Rabindranath Tagore believed that the solution for all the problems of society lies in spreading the message of non-violence, truth, peace, love, and wisdom, which brings happiness among human beings. The present paper is an effort to investigate the major problems of married women of the nineteenth century Bengali society and the importance of Rabindranath Tagore’s philosophy of spiritual humanism in the emancipation of women, which made Tagore a multitalented novelist, writer and personality.
Highlights
Rabindranath Tagore, a genius and creative writer was the first Indian to achieveNobel Prize for Literature in November 1913, for his Gitanjali, which is mainly a compilation of devotional lyrical poems
Kumudini’s hatred towards her husband is revealed in this novel when Madhusudan repeatedly used to mock at Kumudini’s family by feeling proud for his wealth. The coarseness of his speech and the impoliteness of his body and mind made Kumudini feel hatred for him. This novel reflects the problems of female protagonist Kumudini, her loveless life, her feelings of opposition against marital rape by her husband, Madhusudan, and her plan with her life as she was incapable to adjust herself with her husband
Rabindranath Tagore has presented the social problems of marital rape of a married woman Kumudini, her emotional conditions, loneliness and separation from her husband, Madhusudan, and her disappointments with her married life as she was unable to adjust herself with her husband
Summary
Rabindranath Tagore, a genius and creative writer was the first Indian to achieveNobel Prize for Literature in November 1913, for his Gitanjali (songs–offerings), which is mainly a compilation of devotional lyrical poems. Spiritual humanism Rabindranath Tagore, though born in an aristocratic family, believed in freedom and equality of human beings and criticized the Indian tradition of complexity and separation and imagined a country free of all discriminations of gender, caste, creed, community and nationality. ‘Nexus’(yogayog)– in the portrayal of a society whose traditions involve and direct a woman to tolerate the brutality done by her cruel husband in the form of marital rape.
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