Topic > Impact of British Imperialism on Rabindranath Tagore

Voice: Shall I explain? In the lower level of the earth there are lumps and lumps of stone, iron, gold; there lies the icon of strength. On the upper level grass grows, flowers bloom on some fresh grass: here lies the magic trick. I bring diamonds, rubies, from the impenetrable; but I can't snatch that little piece of life's magic from the accessible. Nandini: You have plenty, why do you still talk so much like a greedy man? Voice: All I have is a burden. The accumulated gold does not yet become the touchstone: however much my power increases, it has not yet reached youth. Therefore I want to bind you by watching over you; if I had had a youth like Ranjan's I could have set you free and tied you down at the same time. I have spent my time thus knotting the ropes of your imprisonment. Ah, but everything else can be captured, only happiness cannot. (Lal