Rereading ldquo;The Postmasterrdquo;: Resisting gender, caste and class dichotomy: In Rabindranath Tagorersquo;s short story ldquo;The Postmasterrdquo;

Abstract

This paper seeks to depict the gender, caste and class dichotomy depicted in Tagore’s short story “The Postmaster”. At the same time, the paper attempts a comparative study on Tagore’s short story “The Postmaster” and Satyajit Ray’s film Postmaster. The research methodology includes a close reading of the text.