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    The poem expresses Tagore's vision for an ideal nation. It describes a country where people are free from fear and oppression, knowledge is freely accessible to all, and unity exists across social divisions. The poet hopes people will be guided by reason rather than habits or superstitions, continuously strive for self-improvement, and have their thoughts broadened by God to realize true freedom. In short, Tagore prays that his nation will awaken to a "heaven of freedom" characterized by intellectual, social, and political liberation.

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    Where The Mind Is Without Fear

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    The poem expresses Tagore's vision for an ideal nation. It describes a country where people are free from fear and oppression, knowledge is freely accessible to all, and unity exists across social divisions. The poet hopes people will be guided by reason rather than habits or superstitions, continuously strive for self-improvement, and have their thoughts broadened by God to realize true freedom. In short, Tagore prays that his nation will awaken to a "heaven of freedom" characterized by intellectual, social, and political liberation.

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    The poem expresses Tagore's vision for an ideal nation. It describes a country where people are free from fear and oppression, knowledge is freely accessible to all, and unity exists across social divisions. The poet hopes people will be guided by reason rather than habits or superstitions, continuously strive for self-improvement, and have their thoughts broadened by God to realize true freedom. In short, Tagore prays that his nation will awaken to a "heaven of freedom" characterized by intellectual, social, and political liberation.

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    Where The Mind Is Without Fear

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    Bharvi Naik
    The poem expresses Tagore's vision for an ideal nation. It describes a country where people are free from fear and oppression, knowledge is freely accessible to all, and unity exists across social divisions. The poet hopes people will be guided by reason rather than habits or superstitions, continuously strive for self-improvement, and have their thoughts broadened by God to realize true freedom. In short, Tagore prays that his nation will awaken to a "heaven of freedom" characterized by intellectual, social, and political liberation.

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    Where the mind is without fear

    -Rabindranath Tagore

    Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
    In the very first line, the poet prays to the Almighty that his countrymen should be
    free from any fear of oppression or forced compulsion. He wishes that everyone in
    his country has his head held high in dignity. In other words, according to him, in a
    truly free country every person should be fearless and should have a sense of self
    dignity.

    Where knowledge is free;


    In the second line of Where the Mind is Without Fear the poet dreams of a nation
    where knowledge would be free. Education should not be restricted to the upper
    class only but everybody should be allowed to acquire knowledge. Not only that, the
    children should learn freely from the nature and the world around them. They should
    not be forced memorize some predetermined lessons. And this is Tagore’s typical
    concept of education.

    Where the world has not been broken up into fragments


    By narrow domestic walls;

    the next two lines, the poet emphasizes the unity of not only of his countrymen but
    also of the entire world. He thinks there should be no division among people based
    on their caste, creed, colour, religion or other baseless superstitions. In other words,
    prejudices and superstitions should not divide the people in groups and break their
    unity

    Where words come out from the depth of truth;


    In line 5 of Where the Mind is Without Fear, Tagore wants a nation where people are
    truthful. They should not be superficial and words should come out from the depth of
    their hearts.

    Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

    In the sixth line of the poem, the poet wants everyone to work hard to reach their goal, and in
    the long run to reach perfection. He thinks they should not be tired by working. People should
    not be lazy and ignoring their work.

    Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
    Into the dreary desert sand of dead habits;
    In line 7, the poet compares ‘reason’ or logical thinking to a “clear stream’ and in the
    next line compares ‘dead habits’ or superstitious beliefs to a ‘dreary desert’. He
    wants the stream of reason not to lose its way into the desert of prejudices. In short,
    people’s thought should be monitored by rational thinking, not by superstition; logic
    should rule over old baseless beliefs

    Where the mind is led forward by thee


    Into ever-widening thought and action;
    In line 9 and 10 the poet wishes his countrymen to be progressive and broad-
    minded. He wants that their minds are “led forward” to “ever-widening thought and
    action” by the Almighty. In short, we should be open-minded and do something
    unusual or extraordinary, overcoming the narrowness of mind.

    Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake


    In the final line of the poem, the poet addresses the God as ‘Father’. He asks him to awaken
    his country into such a ‘heaven of freedom’ where the above conditions meet.
    To make it clear, the poet prays to the Almighty (my Father) to raise or lift (awake)
    his country to such heights where freedom would be realised at its best (a heaven of
    freedom). In turn, he is actually praying that God awakens his countrymen so that
    they come out from the darkness of ignorance, prejudices, disunity and all other
    evils.

    Poet’s Message
    Finally, In the poem the poet’s message is very clear. If all the
    people of a nation are not wise enough to lead a happy and peaceful
    life free from all evils, they cannot enjoy their freedom well. So, to
    the poet, only political freedom is not so important unless you are
    fearless, self-dignified, knowledgeable, truthful, hard-working and
    broad-minded enough to enjoy it fully.

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