Conditional Love of Bimala and Sandip
My focus is on relationship between Bimala and Sandip !!
Is it love ?
Is it attraction ??
Or a way to freedom for bimala ??
Or a way for sandip to meet his self needs ??
In the retrospective opening of THE HOME AND THE WORLD bimala seems to evoke her mother’s tradition – bound Hindu womanhood . A strange fusing of love and worship – a feminine characteristic that was recognized universally as Beautiful .
This ideal consists in complete devotion to one’s husband , unquestioning self – surrender to the rituals of the society . Bimala feels these customs to depict innocence and beauty.
On the other hand , Sandip is a person who pulls lover and motherland together , and country and bimala become one .
Starting with the events and meetings relating to bimala and sandip are as such :-
Till Bimala meets Sandip , she has preconception that he uses his husband’s wealth in the name of country .
Their first meeting is in Nikhilesh’s house where Sandip arrives to address a meeting .
Bimala is deeply struck by sandip’s passion and energy for Swadeshi movement and could not help herself from gazing him till his last words of speech . Later she praises sandip’s speech in front of his husband . To which Nikhilesh replies – “tell him that “ and thus their next meet is planned. And thus she is preoccupied with swadeshi thoughts and also about what she should wear when she meets him .
Thus one can see that Bimala is attracted towards magnetic sandip .
The second meeting is at Dinner table at Nikhilesh’s house , where Sandip could not stop himself from telling about the fire he saw in bimala’s eye and also titled her as “ queen bee “ .
Bimala in a black bordered red sari is clearly happy to meet sandip again . With every meeting she becomes less reserved and more frank .
She also decides to break convention by visiting Sandip in the parlour .
With active involvement , bimala became a kind of magnetic to sandip , her only purpose of daily visits to the
Is it love ?
Is it attraction ??
Or a way to freedom for bimala ??
Or a way for sandip to meet his self needs ??
In the retrospective opening of THE HOME AND THE WORLD bimala seems to evoke her mother’s tradition – bound Hindu womanhood . A strange fusing of love and worship – a feminine characteristic that was recognized universally as Beautiful .
This ideal consists in complete devotion to one’s husband , unquestioning self – surrender to the rituals of the society . Bimala feels these customs to depict innocence and beauty.
On the other hand , Sandip is a person who pulls lover and motherland together , and country and bimala become one .
Starting with the events and meetings relating to bimala and sandip are as such :-
Till Bimala meets Sandip , she has preconception that he uses his husband’s wealth in the name of country .
Their first meeting is in Nikhilesh’s house where Sandip arrives to address a meeting .
Bimala is deeply struck by sandip’s passion and energy for Swadeshi movement and could not help herself from gazing him till his last words of speech . Later she praises sandip’s speech in front of his husband . To which Nikhilesh replies – “tell him that “ and thus their next meet is planned. And thus she is preoccupied with swadeshi thoughts and also about what she should wear when she meets him .
Thus one can see that Bimala is attracted towards magnetic sandip .
The second meeting is at Dinner table at Nikhilesh’s house , where Sandip could not stop himself from telling about the fire he saw in bimala’s eye and also titled her as “ queen bee “ .
Bimala in a black bordered red sari is clearly happy to meet sandip again . With every meeting she becomes less reserved and more frank .
She also decides to break convention by visiting Sandip in the parlour .
With active involvement , bimala became a kind of magnetic to sandip , her only purpose of daily visits to the