Question

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit........ (poem Where the mind is without fear by Rabindranath Tagore) Q: why are habits compared to desert sand? Compare habit to the desert how does he describe habit and desert

Answer 1

A desert is a place which covers miles and miles of sand or rocky terrains with very little variety of flora and fauna. It is without much life, much colour and much diversity. Similarly, habits which are based on superstitions and disbelief are like the lifeless vast stretches of sand- barren, unproductive and dreary. Those habits do not enrich our mind and our lives.