Chokher Bali is a Bengali novel written by Rabindranath Tagore. The novel is set in the early twentieth century, and tells the story of a young widow, Binodini, and her three suitors. Chokher Bali is considered to be one of Tagore’s finest works, and has been translated into many languages.
The genre of Chokher Bali is not easily definable. It has elements of both romance and tragedy, and is sometimes referred to as a “Bildungsroman” or “coming-of-age story”. The novel …