Race and Gender Conflicts in the Stories of Rabindranath Tagore

This paper reviews external and internal conflicts of race and gender which are more pronounced in the society. The analysis distinguishes the stratification among the people in the society and advances an understanding of crime and justice that achieves universal relevance and is free from the shortcomings of past ways of thinking. This study explores the intersections of gender and race in the stories of Rabindranath Tagore who exposed in his stories not only social conflicts but also psychological conflicts in respect of gender. In this context male dominance can be traced out in Tagore's story Once There was a King. In this story a king had only a daughter not a son. Considering it, the king and the queen were frustrated, so the king decided to go away into the forest. Women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities. So men must have positive thinking towards women. The female literacy rate in India is gradually increasing as in Kerala yet still it is less than that of male.