Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932 ... slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing. BOOK NEWS / ‘Sultana’s Dream’ in new Penguin Classics edition and ...

"Sultana's Dream" draws inspiration from the eponymous 1905 book by the renowned Bengali ... responsibility for domestic chores. Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal ...

Born on December 9, 1880, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, commonly known as Begum Rokeya, wrote novels, poems, short stories, science fiction, satires, treatises, and essays. In her writings, she ...

Nestled in an upscale Kolkata neighbourhood, Lord Sinha Road; off Park Street is the school of Begum Rokeya ... feminist novel- Sultana’s Dream (1905). Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born in ...

When we hear the name Begum Rokeya ... At a young age, Rokeya was married off to the widower and magistrate Shakawat Hossain. Thankfully, her new husband was very supportive of his bride ...

Written in 1905 by a Bengali educator and reformer called Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain ... Begum Rokeya’s narrative as a sequence of 27 retrofuturistic scenes. She too cites the Tara Books ...

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born on Dec 9, 1880 in Pairabondh village in Rangpur. She played a pivotal role in the women’s rights movement in South Asia and wrote novels, poems ...

Bengali science fiction writer Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain had an unusual gift for seeing the future. The feminist utopia she described in her 1905 novel Sultana's Dream imagined ... ‘Inspired by Begum ...

Netizens have been really excited about U2’s recent concert in Singapore, as photos of the band paying tribute to Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and legendary women of all generations, are making the ...