Steem bangladesh contest about favourite writer// Begum Rokeya Pioneer of women's awakening by @isratmim
Hello everyone.
Assalamu Alaikum. Hope everybody is doing well. I am also well by the grace of God. Today's contest is a very good contest. I really like this contest.
Today in this post I will talk about Begum Rokeya. Who is called the pioneer of women's awakening. And she is the first Bengali woman plaintiff. Also she is my favourite writer.Begum Rokeya's real name is Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. However, she is better known as Begum Rokeya. She is a writer, thinker, novelist, literary and social reformer.
Biography
Begum Rokia was born 9 December in 1880 in the village of Payrabandar in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district. Her father's name was Zahir Uddin Mohammad Abu Ali Haider Saber. He is a landlord. Her mother's name is Rahatunnesa Sabera Chowdhurani. Rakeya has two sisters Karimunnesa and Humaira and three brothers.Although Begum Rakeya's father was fluent in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Hindi and English, he was conservative in educating girls. She had two brothers Mohammad Ibrahim Abul Asad and Khalilur Rahman Abu Zaygam Saber. After studying at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, they became mentally modern.Rakeya's elder sister Karimunnesa was an intellectual and literary enthusiast. Begum Rokia's elder sister and two elder brothers had a considerable contribution in shaping the literary practice.In the society of that time there was no opportunity for girls education. While living in Calcutta with her mother at the age of five, one got the opportunity to study with him for some time. However, due to the society and relatives, it is also closedYet Rokeya did not stop. With the support and cooperation of his elder brother and sister, she mastered English, Urdu, Arabic and Persian.
Beginning of Begum Rokeya's literary practice. She made her literary debut in 1902. Pipasa was published in Navprabha from Calcutta. At different times her works were published in different magazines.
In 1950, the first English essay was published in a magazine published from Sultana's Dream Madras. Everyone likes this composition of her. And since then he has become known as literature.
Married life
In 1898, she married Syed Sakhawat Hossain, a resident of Bhagalpur in Bihar. He was a deputy magistrate. Alongside him he was a socially conscious free from prejudice and full of progressive outlook. Uday and her free-spirited husband Begum Rokeya got the opportunity to get acquainted with the works of local and foreign writers with her encouragement and cooperation. And besides that he became proficient in English.Inspired by her husband, Begum Rokeya started her literary career. However, her married life did not last long. Sakhawat Hossain died on 3 May 1909. Earlier, their two daughters died prematurely.
Organizational activities of Begum Rokeya
After her husband's death, Rokeya devoted herself to the spread of women's education and social service. In 1909, she first established the Sakhawat Memorial Girls' School in Bhagalpur.He later left Bhagalpur for family reasons and settled in Calcutta. He then re-established the school in 1911 in a house with only 8 students. In 1916, the number of students exceeded 100.In addition to literary pursuits and school management, towards the end of his life he engaged himself in organizational and social activities. In 1916, Anjuman, an organization of Muslim Bengali women, founded Islam in Khawatin.
In 1926, she presided over the Bengal Conference on Women's Education held in Calcutta. Rokeya spoke at the Bengal Muslim Conference in 1930 in favor of the Bengali language, which was a two-pronged task in that era.
Begum Rokeya literary work.
People have expressed it in feminist thought in the first and second volumes of Matichur's collection of essays. Sultana's Dream, Padmarag, Abrodhabasini, etc. are his creative works.Sultana's dream work is considered a milestone in feminist literature around the world. Before being published as a book, his writings were published in various magazines like Saugat, Muhammadi and Nabnoor.Through her essay story novel, she argues for the need for women's education and for gender equality. With the help of humor and satire, she has highlighted the position of women in marginalized society. She has created social awareness through his writings. Without the opportunity to choose a profession according to the choice of education that women will not be liberated and want to prevent injustice against women in the name of religion.
Death
Begum Rokia died on 9 December 1932 in Calcutta. To commemorate her, Bangladesh celebrated Rokeya Day on December 9 and awarded the Begum Rokeya Medal for outstanding achievements of eminent women.
Recognition
1)Rangpur University, the only full-fledged government university in the Rangpur Division, was established on 8 October 2008 as the seventh day of Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina named the university Begum Rokeya University to commemorate her name.
2)The first Dhaka University named Begum Rokeya, Rokeya Hall was opened in the 1980s which was earlier a women's hall.
3)Begum Rokeya Day is celebrated every year on 9th December to commemorate her birthday.
In 1980, the Bangladesh Postal Department issued two commemorative stamps to pay tribute to his birth centenary.
4)And on the 137th birthday, Google displayed a Google doodle of Begum Rokeya on their homepage.
Begum Rokeya was seen walking with glasses in her hand.
Memory Center
The Government of Bangladesh set up a mass development organization in memory of Rokia Sakhawat Hossain. It is built on 3.15 acres of land in the ancestral vita at Payraband village in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district of Bangladesh. It is known as Begum Rokeya Memorial Center. It has office building, library, research room, dormitory building, state-of-the-art guesthouse etc.
The Ministry of Children and Women's Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh is in charge of running the memorial center.
Book review
My favourite book Abrodbasini
I really like the book Aborodbasini. Hey, I'm giving a very short review of the book. Even decades ago, our society was plunged into darkness and superstition.Women have been ruthlessly victimized a thousand times more than bad practices and superstitions have touched men. Illiteracy is the root of all superstitions. But still women did not have access to education in the society of that time.In the book he has narrated 47 stories at different times.
Where he joked about the oppression of women in the name of the veil.Husband's name cannot be mentioned, no one can go in front of anyone except husband or father or close ones.The man would hear her voice once or after it appeared and would sit on the palanquin all night, ignoring the cold. It was also found that the house was on fire but the man did not come out after it was burnt to death,It has been seen that the thief has taken off his jewelry for fear that he will touch her body and has not even shouted that he can hear her voice.
At that time, the law of veil was strictly followed and women were called by the name of veil It has been seen that the thief has taken off his jewelry for fear that he will touch her body and has not even shouted that he can hear her voice. At that time the law of the veil was strictly observed and women were oppressed in the name of the veil. There are also many incidents that seemed ridiculous at the time. And superstition was at the root of it all.
Begum Rokia shares her personal experiences and opinions in the book. Now women are not so much blockaders they have become much more educated and aware in the last few decades.But still a group continues to try to push women into the dark. Today's women also have to try like Rokeya. All kinds of superstitions must be eliminated.
Book name - Abrodbasini
Writer - Begum Rokeya
Publication date - 1931
Page number - 25
Language - Bangla
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