Emergence of Bhadramahila: Re-reading the principal women characters in Tagore’s novel Gora

Abstract

This paper tries to attempt a critique on the principal women characters in Tagore’s novel Gora from a postcolonial perspective. The novel focuses on the building of the principal women characters and also throws light into Partha Chatterjee’s concept of Bhadramahila and how Tagore has shown the emergence of new woman (Bhadra Mahila) in 19th century Bengal.