Question

What does the phrase dreary desert sand of dead habit suggest?

Answer 1

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore compares dead habit to dreary desert sand in which the stream of reason has lost its way. Dreary desert sand stands for our various superstitions which do not let us apply logic and thus do work blindly according to our superstitions

Answer 2

Answer: He imagines habit to be a desert. The stream of reason seems to him to be lost in

Answer: He imagines habit to be a desert. The stream of reason seems to him to be lost in the sands of habit. This means that he is saying that the people of his country blindly

Answer: He imagines habit to be a desert. The stream of reason seems to him to be lost in the sands of habit. This means that he is saying that the people of his country blindly believe in their superstitions at present, and he would like them to question these

Answer: He imagines habit to be a desert. The stream of reason seems to him to be lost in the sands of habit. This means that he is saying that the people of his country blindly believe in their superstitions at present, and he would like them to question these beliefs through the application of logic.