By the Rio de la Plata A fictional reconstruction of the love story of

A fictional reconstruction of the love story of Rabindranath Tagore and Victoria Ocampo with the immortal Gitanjali at the centre. The story starts in the year 1911 and stretches over a span of eleven years, ending in 1924. In those eleven years our story takes us from Kolkata to Shantiniketan, to Shilaidaha and then on a voyage across the ocean to San Isidro, Argentina. The twain meet, almost when the story is drawing to a close, by the Rio de la Plata, bridging the chasm of a long wait. Rabindranath, sixtythree and Victoria, thiryfour, like rose petal scattered by a gale, take shelter under the same roof for two long months. Rabindranath finds a new name for his beloved Victoria, he calls her Bijoya and composed paeans of deep love that he feels for her. Victoria heals him with her devotion, inspires him, reveres him, bestows her love on him and finally surrenders to his love. This is a story about two great souls, their vanity, mutual respect, their differences, their closeness, discord and finally union.