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Chitra, a Play in One Act by Rabindranath Tagore, is an Indian drama that follows the story of Chitra, a daring young woman who falls in love with Nalina. Together they plan to defy tradition and live together as women despite their parents' wishes. When their plans are discovered, they are shunned by society and abandoned by family which leaves the women to turn against one another.
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Chitra - Rabindranath Tagore
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Rabindranath Tagore
Chitra:
A Play in One Act
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First published in 2022
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ISBN: 9781787363434
Contents
PREFACE
CHITRA
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
SCENE VII
SCENE VIII
SCENE IX
PREFACE
THIS lyrical drama was written about twenty-five years ago. It is based on the following story from the Mahabharata.
In the course of his wanderings, in fulfilment of a vow of penance, Arjuna came to Manipur. There he saw Chitrangada, the beautiful daughter of Chitravahana, the king of the country. Smitten with her charms, he asked the king for the hand of his daughter in marriage. Chitravahana asked him who he was, and learning that he was Arjuna the Pandara, told him that Prabhanjana, one of his ancestors in the kingly line of Manipur, had long been childless. In order to obtain an heir, he performed severe penances. Pleased with these austerities, the god Shiva gave him this boon, that he and his successors should each have one child. It so happened that the promised child had invariably been a son. He, Chitravahana, was the first to have only a daughter Chitrangada to perpetuate the race. He had, therefore, always treated her as a son and had made her his heir.
Continuing, the king said:
The one son that will be born to her must be the perpetuator of my race. That son will be the price that I shall demand for this marriage. You can take her, if you like, on this condition.
Arjuna promised and took Chitrangada to wife, and lived
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