Home and the World

When Bimala's husband, Nikhil – a wealthy yet enlightened and charitable landowner of a Bengali estate – encourages her to emerge from the traditional female seclusion of purdah, he introduces her to his old friend Sandip. Ruthless and charismatic, Sandip is a radical leader in the nationalist Swadeshi movement, and Bimala is soon caught up by his revolutionary fervour and experiences a...