Question

What narrow domestic walls are referred to by the poet ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Rabindranath Tagore in his poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ expresses his views against the barriers between men. He wants to see a world that is not ‘broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls‘.

Here the word ‘domestic’ may be taken at more than one sense. It may mean regional or internal. It also points to the narrow attitude as opposed to a feeling of one united nation or one united human race. People often raise barriers around themselves based on their difference with the outer world in terms of class, caste, colour, race, religion, region, ethnicity and so on. These barriers are not favourable for nationalism and internationalism. That is why they are ‘domestic’ in nature.

Answer 2

Narrow domestic walls are referred to by the poet:

• The term "narrow household walls" refers to boundaries that restrict individuals from coming together.
• Caste, creed, religion, sect, language, region, and so on.
• People, according to the poet, have constructed these walls because they believe in superstitions and blind faiths.
• These barriers obstruct the country's progress as well as its prosperity.