Description

What Light Touched My Eyes

Rabindranath Tagore’s dance drama Chitrangada is an immortal creation. Chitrangada is not just a historical character, she is a symbol of modern empowerment and her journey from profound self-reflections and self-doubts to self-empowerment beautifully embracing her authentic self is inspiring at all times. This literary endeavour has two parts-
1.Reflecting on various aspects of Chitrangada, how her personal struggles are our universal struggles, how beautiful and powerful are her revolutions in moderation with the societal implications…….Tagore’s thoughts, Indian and western influences with respect to his music,rhythm, his conceived modern mood dance genre Rabindranritya ,use of monologues in crafting Chitrangada.
2. Developing a story where the heroine feels her journey resonates with that of Chitrangada-this story has come from my personal experiences, imagination and feelings. The previous reflections and research on Tagore’s works will help in understanding.

About the Author

The author is a teacher, dreamer and artist with varied interests and penchant for experimentation.
The author‘s writings have featured in newspapers, namely the Letters to the Editor and t2 section of the Telegraph. She has written poems and short stories. She has been awarded twice in national level competitions and contests for short story writing. She has published 3 books with Zorba Books –Her first book was Mysterious Romance: A Story of magical UnspokenLove. Her second book “Dreams to Lead: Story of a Blossoming Queen ” won the Book Publishing and Sales Award from Zorba books for being in top 5 in the Zorba Books ‘Book Writing Contest’ in January 2024. Her third book- In the Quest of Love: Encore was her first attempt to write a historical romantic fiction and a story of reincarnation. The cover picture is a painting by the author. The author writes spontaneously when she gets the urge. She wishes to further experiment with writing. This book `What Light Touched My Eyes’ is yet another offering.