Begum Rokeya’s Sultana Dream – a change of tradition

  • Unique Paper ID: 166268
  • PageNo: 1506-1508
  • Abstract:
  • An early feminist writer from the Indian subcontinent – Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. The topic gender inequality taken up by her shows the creative bend of her mind. Her works portrays the discriminations she herself faced as a woman. Her work addresses both problems and solution the woman went through in those times. Rokeya’s most remarkable work Sultana’s dream has been dealt with in the paper. She tries to bring to the light the conditions of women and has shown the World of women by reversing the traditional role of women hence bringing in a new outlook to the society. Sultana’s dream deals with breaking the stereotypical thinking about women and Rokeya always wanted to break the shackles of patriarchy hence ending the discrimination against women. The paper explores Sakhawat visions of upgrading the conditions of womanhood.

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@article{166268,
        author = {Shivani Pandey},
        title = {Begum Rokeya’s Sultana Dream – a change of tradition},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {2},
        pages = {1506-1508},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=166268},
        abstract = {An early feminist writer from the Indian subcontinent – Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. The topic gender inequality taken up by her shows the creative bend of her mind. Her works portrays the discriminations she herself faced as a woman. Her work addresses both problems and solution the woman went through in those times.
Rokeya’s most remarkable work Sultana’s dream has been dealt with in the paper. She tries to bring to the light the conditions of women and has shown the World of women by reversing the traditional role of women hence bringing in a new outlook to the society. Sultana’s dream deals with breaking the stereotypical thinking about women and Rokeya always wanted to break the shackles of patriarchy hence ending the discrimination against women.
The paper explores Sakhawat visions of upgrading the conditions of womanhood.
},
        keywords = {changes, women, patriarchy, traditional, role reversal, feminism, subjugation, liberty},
        month = {July},
        }

Cite This Article

Pandey, S. (2024). Begum Rokeya’s Sultana Dream – a change of tradition. International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology (IJIRT), 11(2), 1506–1508.

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