Dui Bigha Jomi | |
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by Rabindranath Tagore | |
Original title | দুই বিঘা জমি |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
"Dui Bigha Jomi" (IPA: [d̪ui bigʱɑ d͡ʒomi], transl. Two bighas of land) is a Bengali language poem written by Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] The poem describes a peasant's love towards his land and was the inspiration for the story Rickshawala, on which the Hindi film Do Bigha Zamin, directed by Bimal Roy, was based.