I remember I once told him: 'Women's minds are so petty, so… - Rabindranath Tagore

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I remember I once told him: 'Women's minds are so petty, so crooked!' 'Like the feet of Chinese women,' he replied. 'Has not the pressure of society cramped them into pettiness and crookedness? They are but pawns of the fate which gambles with them. What responsibility have they of their own?

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Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known as Rabi Thakur, was a Bengali philosopher, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.

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Pen Names: ভানুসিংহ

Native Name: রবীন্দ্রনাথ

Alternative Names: Rabīndranātha Thākur • Kabiguru • Tagore • Bishwakabi • R. Tagore • Rabindranat Tagor • Bhanu Singha Thakur • Gurudev • Biswakabi • Nyi Wang Gönpo • Tagore, rabindranath • Ravindranath Thakur

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