ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HOSSAIN

A Fiery Proponent Of The Independence Of Women Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) Was Denied Formal Education But Emerged As A Leading Thinker And Writer Of Her Time And Founded A School For Girls. Set Against The Backdrop Of Surging Nationalism And Reform In The Twentieth-Century Bengal This Selection Of Writings By Rokeya Captures The True Spirit Of A South Asian Proto-Feminist Who Is Every Bit As Radical As Her Contemporaries-Virginia Woolf And Charlotte Perkins Gilman. From 'Sultana'S Dream' A Canonical Work Of Rokeya To Writings On Women'S Status In A Patriarchal Set-Up Her Comments On 'Feeble' Bengali Society Purdah [Veil] System Religion And The Idea Of A Perfect Housewife Among Others This Work Will Open Up A Factual Fictional And Fantastical-Utopian World Which Remained Largely Unknown And Unheard Outside Bengal.