Title: গোরা
First published: 1924
Description: *Gora* (Bengali: গোরা) is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore, set in Calcutta (now Kolkata), in the 1880s during the British Raj. It is the fifth in order of writing and the longest of Tagore’s twelve novels. It is rich in philosophical debate on politics and religion. Other themes include liberation, universalism, brotherhood, gender, feminism, caste, class, tradition versus modernity, urban elite versus rural peasants, colonial rule, nationalism and the Brahmo Samaj.
Subjects: Bengali fiction, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Indian literature, history and criticism, Translations into English
Places: India, Calcuta
People: Surendranath Tagore