“ When we go to our death we drag down those who are about us. ”
Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World (1916). copy citation
| Author | Rabindranath Tagore |
|---|---|
| Source | The Home and the World |
| Topic | death |
| Date | 1916 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Surendranath Tagore |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7166/pg7166-images.html |
Context
“It never even crossed my mind that so young a boy, trying to sell such valuable jewellery, would at once be suspected. So helpless are we women, we needs must place on others the burden of our danger. When we go to our death we drag down those who are about us.
I had said with pride that I would save Amulya—as if she who was drowning could save others. But instead of saving him, I have sent him to his doom. My little brother, such a sister have I been to you that Death must have smiled on that Brothers' Day when I gave you my blessing—I, who wander distracted with the burden of my own evil-doing.”
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