Rabindra Nath Tagore
- chokher bali
Radha Chakravarty 1 Binodini's mother Harimati appealed to Mahendra's mother Rajalakshmi to consider a match between their children. The women had once been childhood playmates in the same village. 'Baba Mahin,' Rajalakshmi urged Mahendra, 'we must rescue this poor girl, a poor man's daughter. I hear she is very beautiful, and has even been educated by a memsahib-that would suit your modern sensibilities.' 'Ma, there are plenty of other modern young men, besides me,' said Mahendra.
