Sultana's Dream

<i>Sultana's Dream</i> first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper is a witty feminist utopia--a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world. <p/>The Secluded Ones is a selection of short sketches first published in Bengali newspapers illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.