chandalikaa dance drama by rabindranath tagore
Rabindranath Tagore's Chandalika (The Untouchable Girl) is one of the phenomenal works of the noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore portraying the diverse emotional shades and colours of Prakriti (the Untouchable Girl), who after repeated insults from high caste girls falls in love with Buddhist monk Ananda who asks her for water, telling her that all humanity is equal, so her touch cannot be impure. She convinces her mother, Maya to use the super natural powers of untouchable rituals to draw Ananda into her web of desire. But when he arrives, Prakriti realizes that her love for him is only a symbol of freedom she has achieved through him
1 окт 2024
