Question

What do you think he means by habit?

Answer 1

Habit means - regular tendency or practice.

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Answer 2

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It's not actually 'habit' but 'dead habits' or superstitious beliefs and actions, as the poet has nothing to worry about the good human habits. Tagore has compared those old and useless habits to a dreary desert that can choke a river of fresh water. That is why the poet has called them 'dead habits'.