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v Introduction:-
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became Asia’s First noble Laureate, when he won the 1913 Noble Prize in literature for his Gitangali” or “Song Offerings. Two S.N.
songs from him are now the national anthems of Bangladesh and India; the ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ and the ‘Jana Gana Mana’ Mak
respectively. Out of his twelve novels the famous are the novels of conflict like ‘Chokher Bali,’ ‘The Wreck’, ‘Gora’, ‘Ghare Edu
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and idealist youth of Bengal at the end of the 19th century. He is an awfully powerful character and voice of Indian. He wants
to declare only one thing “India is the land of Hindus.”. He is a violent nationalist. The sea-change which takes place in him is
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‘He was nearly sit fee tall, with big bones and fists like the paws of a tiger. The sound of his voice was so deep
and rough that you would be startled if you suddenly heard him calling”.
His face was large and excessively strong. He had practically no eyebrows. His lips were thin. He had a very strong
body and impressive physical features of an Englishman. Moreover he was self-confident, orthodox and obstinate. His great Search
Send strength of will made him very self-confident and even arrogant and intolerant. So his Friend Binoy tell him plainly, “You have
one great fault, Gora. You seem to believe that all God’s’ strength has been given to you alone’.

v The secret of is Birth and Parentage:-

About Me The secret of Gora’s personality which keeps him away from becoming an ordinary Bengali young man lies in his birth Google
and parentage. Since birth, Gora himself did not know his real parent. He was neither Bengali or Hindu nor Indian at all. He
was the son of an Irish man and English mother. She had been given shelter at Anandamoyi’s house during the Rising of
1857. She gave birth to Gora and died. Andandmoyi had no child of her own. So she adopted him. Krishna Dayal performed
his thread ceremony and had him educated in Calcutta.

v His Respect for His Parents

S.N. Hingu Gora was a foundling in the family of Krishna Dayal and Anandmoyi. He got the child when he was posted the
View my complete profile government service at Itawa. Since the very birth of Gora Anandmoyi had great affection for gora. He had lived with
Anandmoyi and Krishna Dayal like their own son. Gora had great respect for Andandmoyi.. In her, he finds the true image of
mother. He says, “Mother, you are my mother. The mother for whom is been seaming all day was the item sitting in
my room at home. You have not caste; you make no distinctions and have no hatred. It is you who are India.” .
Total Pageviews Gora had respect for his father Krishna Days, yet Gora’s mind revolted against his ways, He was on the verge of
cutting of relations with his father, but Andandmoyi intervened and always tried to reconcile them.
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v His Education:-
Gora was a child adopted by Krishna Day and his wife Andandmoyi at the time of Sepoy Revolt in the north India n
Home 1857. At an early stage, Krishna Day thought to make Gora a priest. But Andandmoyi objected him idea. So Krishna Dayal,
out of affection for Gora had go through the thread ceremony so that Gora might be considered to be a sacred Brahmin.
SEND FEEDBACK Andandmoyi took due care of his education. Discussion between Binoy and Gora on India’s freedom and the position of
women in India shows that he was a learned man. He used to contribute articles in the paper and Sucharita used to read
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them with delight. He was an orthodox Hindu and he had gathered quite deep knowledge on Hindu rites and Hindu Shatras.
Poets He was able to discuss religious matters quite authoritatively. Thus we can say that Gorra was quite highly educated and well
informed on religious matters.
SYLLABUS

Linguistics v Gora as Representative of Hinduism:-

‘Gora’ is a novel of discussion and ideas about contemporary social problem related to Hinduism. In it Gora is the
Literary Criticism most orthodox Hindu. Gora as an idealist believes in the noble ideas of Hinduism. In the initial career at college he was rather
indifferent to matters religion like many young men in college. Gora used to ridicule the learned pandits, who visited the house
Dramatists of Krishna Day. But one old and much learned pandit met him and thought him the principle of Vedanta philosophy. It gave
Essayists him the correct idea f the greatness of Hindu religion. And Gora gradually turned into a strong champion of Hingu religion. He
also became ‘an orthodox observer of even minor rules of behavior’. Once he refused a cup of tea served by a Brahmo
Novelists girl. As an orthodox Bengali and tradition bound young man, he began to dress like the Bengali farmers in rough clothes and
began to put caste-mark on his forehead and his body.
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Phonetics v His view on Love, Women and Caste System:-

He was the believer in love. When he discusses it with Andandmoyi, He says, “You can disregard the Shastras, but
INDEX you must have regard for those whom you love. On status of women Gora says. ‘The scriptures tell us that woman is
deserving of worship.
In the best novel ‘Gora’ Tagore has raised many contemporary social problems and evils related to Hinduism and its
adversary Brahmanism. Some critic have call the novel as a novel of ideas suitable to the spirit of the again. It focuses on the
caste-system. Gora is quite orthodox in the institution of caste-system. He with Krishna Dayal, discusses the merit of a
Brahmin family. He thinks that caste-system is the wisest method of division and labour and intellectual world. A Brahmin is
devoted to the highest ideals of spiritual knowledge. According to Gora, ‘The Brahmin class is the class of the superman’. He
believed in Hindu culture, tradition, rites, and ritual. There he performs the ceremony of penance after releases form jail on the
banks of the holy Ganges.
v His love for Mother land:-
Gora is a patriot and a great lover motherland. He has been great devotee to the moment for making his country free.
Gora took the side of the student and the English Magistrate pushed him for one’s mother’s rigorous imprisonment. He did not
like people who favour the Englishmen and follow their custom. Gora did not engage a lawyer and decided to plead his case
himself. He explained boldly how the policemen unjustly beat up the boys. These evens lead Sucharita fall in love with Gora.

v His Love for Sucharita:-

Sucharita was a beautiful girl of religious nature. She was brought up by Paresh Babu. Gora is at first a lover of India
and no girl attracts him. Yet he felt the memory of Sucharita hunting him in jail. Thus gradually he starts admiring the
character, manners and thoughts of Sucharita. She too felt love for him. In the end of the novel Sucharita, wearing silk clothe
met him when Gora found that he was Irish by birth He seeks the blessing of Paresh Babu for her marriage with.

v Conclusion:-
Like Shaw, Tagore has made Gora the mouthpiece his ideals of nationalism and internationalism. In this respects, a
critic K.R.S. Iyengar has pout out the symbolic significance of the Gora as following, “A character like Gora or the
Kauliwhallah, become mother than a person; he become a poetic symbol.”

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Gora Various Theme / Central Issues:-

Gora Various Theme / Central Issues:-

Q: - Try to prove that ‘Gora’ is pre-eminently novel aiming at social, religious, political and all sorts of constructive
reforms. Or Give an estimate of Shri Rabindranath Tagore as a social, political, religious, and all sorts of
constructive reformer. OR Discuss ‘Gora’ as a great novel depicting the Indian Renaissance spirit. Or The concept of
nationalism and internationalism of creator.

v Introduction:-
“Gora is more than a mere novel; it is an epic of India in transition at a crucial period of modern history, when
the social conscience and intellectual awareness of the new intelligentsia were in the throes of a great churning.”
-Krishna Kriplani

‘Gurudev’ Rabindranath Tagore was a man of versatile genius. He was a poet, playwright, novelist, educator, social
reformer, nationalist and composer. He achieved “a perennial success Bengali as well as in English language.” He
became Asia’s First noble Laureate, when he won the 1913 Noble Prize in literature for his Gitangali” or “Song Offerings. Two
songs from him are now the national anthems of Bangladesh and India; the ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ and the ‘Jana Gana Mana’
respectively. Out of his twelve novels the famous are the novels of conflict like ‘Chokher Bali,’ ‘The Wreck’, ‘Gora’, ‘Ghare
Baire’ and ‘Farewell, My Friend’. In these works, Rabindranath examined how the spirit of the age influenced the life of
people.

v Tagore as social Reformer:-

In all his works, Shri Tagore has sounded the echoes of the voice of his heart. Through his novels, drams and short
stories, Shri Tagore has impressively suggested the need of eradicating numerous social, religious and political and other
evils. For example, in his famous story, ‘The cauliwhallah’, he has impressively point out how in Indian enormous amounts
the waste of in honouring negative social customs. ‘In the Hungry Stones’ he warned us against the danger of hollow
superstitions etc. ‘Gora’ is essentially a patriotic novel aiming at India’s complete progress on the basis of social and religious
reforms. Gora wants to serve India by making India revert to her ancient orthodox culture and glory. His patriotism is rooted in
the strength of his intuition only. i.e. He resulted to resort to reasoning as he has blind faith in the India’s ancient culture.

v ‘Gora’ – A socio political novel:-

‘Gora’ is the longest and most widely acclaimed novel of Tagore. It deals with theme of nationalism and patriotism. It
exemplifies the novelist’s vision of new India rising above the consideration of the cast, community and race. It is really a
strong political and patriotic novel voicing the aspirations of the resurgent India. The central theme of the novel has a political
undercurrent. The novel reflects the patriotic Zeal of Gora or Indian-Bengali youth. It projects all the important political
question, the conflicts of the ideals between the east and the west. Thus ‘Gora’ has been made popular by various factors. In
the words of Niranjan Ray in “Three novels of Tagore”,
“It is only novel in Bengal which mirrors faithfully toe social, political and
cultural life of the entire educated Bengali middle class.”

v ‘Gora’;a mirror of social life of India Or A Social Evils:-

In the best novel ‘Gora’ Tagore has raised many contemporary social problems and evils related to Hinduism and its
adversary Brahmanism. Some critic have call the novel as a novel of ideas suitable to the spirit of the again. It focuses on the
caste-system. The whole society has been divided into four caste-Brahmins, Chhhtriya, vaishy and Shudras. Tagore has dealt
with the caste system in the chapter twenty three through a dialogue between sucharita and Binoy. Gora, the protagonist, is
quite orthodox in the institution of caste-system. He with Krishna Dayal, discusses the merit of a Brahmin family. He thinks
that caste-system is the wisest method of division and labour and intellectual world. A Brahmin is devoted to the highest
ideals of spiritual knowledge. According to Gora, ‘The Brahmin class is the class of the superman’. He believed in Hingu
culture, tradition, rites, and ritual. There he performs the ceremony of penance after releases form jail on the banks of the holy
Ganges.

v A critical note on the controversy between Brahmo Samaj and Hinduism.

 The novel has become a comparative evaluation of the Brahman Samaj and Hinduism. Many educated persons in
Bengal had adopted the principle and practices of Brahmo Samaj. Founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The Brahmo movement
had a deep and wide influence in Bengal in 19th century Its chief aim was the reform of Hinduism from the evil of castesim,
untouchbility and high philosophical conception of God’s existence.. It wants to transform India into western system of
education , culture and politic. It wanted to change Hingu religion into a progressive religion. Gora is a perfect follower of
Hinduism. He is the chairman of the Hingu Patriot Society. And another group is led by Haran and the family of Paresh Babu
strongly believes in the principles of Brahmanism Moreover the economic and social condition of Bengal is also highlighted in
the novel. In the countryside, Gora finds that how the people are totally looted and exploited by the English administrator.

v The Environment of Bengali Culture:-

At the cultural level also, the novel reflects the old culture of Bengal, its orthodoxy and superstition. The
renaissance and reformation carried through Brahmo Samaj established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy on 20 August 1828. The
Old culture was being replaced by a new type of culture, which was under western influence. Tagore as a reformist exposes
the miserable condition of the unhappy widow and problem of woman of Bengal through the character of Harimohini. The old
Bengali culture did not permit the freedom of love-marriages. The novel presents the complication in the matter of marriages
of the daughters of Paresh Babu. Except marriage, there was no option for the young girls. In India most of the marriages
were arranged-marriages, which give rise to dowry and commercialization. Marriages were not based on freedom of loved.
Sucharita was going to be married to Haran but the end of the novel Sucharita willingly marries Gora. So the mood of free will
prevails in the novel and the atmosphere of freedom in social life prevails in this great work of Rabindranath Tagore.

v The Atmosphere of Political Freedom and The Tyranny the British Rule
At political lever, the atmosphere of revolt and preparation of freedom prevails in the entire novel. Gora grows through
the slave people of Bengal and watches their sufferings and unjust punishment by a cruel foreign rule. Gora goes to the
village Ghoshpara, where the students of Calcutta were put on trials. The students were punished with whippings. The
English Magistrate Brownstrate sentences Gora for one month imprisonment for interfering with the police. The hero, Gora
sets up the image and an atmosphere of strong freedom and fighter. He becomes a staunch nationalist to fight for the
freedom of India.

v The spirit of nationalism:-

Basically ‘Gora’ is a nationalistic novel. It deals with the spirit of nationalism. ‘Gurudev’ has mirrored the rural people of
Bengal and their suffering in it. At that in 1901, Bengal was in the grip of a political conflict on the basic issue of the Partition of
Bengal under Lord Curzon. It created a political movement in Bengal. Gora emerges a national leader, who goes of country
side of Bengal and worked for the betterment of Indian peasant. He remains a patriot through the novel. Tagore created a
picture of freedom struggle and its achievements through the portrayal of their hero Gora. In a true nationalistic spirit, he as
already taken a vow to serve Indian as her faithful servant.

v The elements of Internationalism in ‘Gora’:-

Although the novel, ‘Gora’, discusses many issues and social, political, cultural problems, yet at the close of the novel
flows to the idea of internationalism. At the beginning of the novel, Gora is a staunch nationalist and orthodox. Hindu. But
When he comes to know that he is the son of an Irishman, at one the novel flows to the ideas of internationalism. He thinks
that he is now free from orthodoxy of Hinduism. He attains true human nature as spirit as well as identity, as he says,
“Today I have become so pure that I can never the afraid of contamination even in the house of the
lowest of castes.”
Even in the epilogue of novel, we study the proposal of internationalism. At the end of the novel Gore comes to meet
Andandmoyi, He laid his head at her a feet and said,
“Mother, you are my mother. The mother for whom is been seaming all day was the item sitting in my
room at home. You have not caste; you make no distinctions and have no hatred. It is you who are
India.” .
Thus, Tagore has beautifully interwoven the theme of nationalism and internationalism, Brahmanism versus Hinduism
in the novel. Therefore a critic Krishna Kripalni calls it, “
The epic of novel in transition; it is to Indian fiction what Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peach’ to the Russian”.

v Conclusion:-
Indeed, ‘Gora’ is an epic-like work accounts the social, cultural, religious and political life of Bengal in the latter half of
the 19th century Bengal. It accounts the transition of an Indian society which progresses to achiever universal brotherhood.
‘Thus ‘Gora’ is contemporary and yet timeless. It is set in certain social class, yet it reach out towards the universal. It is a
realistic novel. It also gives the pictures of the minds of mend and women of the time. It is indeed “a sage of human life”
Finally Critic sukumar sen calls the novel Gora,

“A something like a Mahabharata of modern India.”

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