Chokher Bali (literally “Sand in the Eye” ), written in 1903 by Rabindranath Tagore, is a landmark novel in Bengali literature. Often translated as “A Grain of Sand” or “Eyesore,” it explores adultery, widowhood, and the repressed desires of women in colonial Bengal.
Chokher Bali (literally “Sand in the Eye” ), written in 1903 by Rabindranath Tagore, is a landmark novel in Bengali literature. Often translated as “A Grain of Sand” or “Eyesore,” it explores adultery, widowhood, and the repressed desires of women in colonial Bengal.
