Where the Mind is without Fear
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by
narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the
dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening
thought and action….
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Answer the following questions:
1. Make a list of the qualities found in the ‘Heaven of Freedom’.
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2. Who does the poet address when he says ‘My Father’?
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3. What type of society does the poet dream about?
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4. Where should the mind be led?
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5. How can people move towards perfection ?
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6. What does the poet mean when he says “let my country awake”?
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7. What are the factors which are barriers for a good society?
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8. In what sense is ‘Heaven of Freedom’ used?
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9. What type of freedom helps us to make our country heaven?
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10. Make a list of bad customs you find in your society.
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