Reading Rokeya through the lens of 1857-58 and July 2024

• Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: The Daily Star 2024
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; PI Oriental languages and literatures
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Roquiah Sakhawat Hossein (1880-1932), more popularly known as Rokeya, was born about two decades after the Great Rebellion and wrote in the first few decades of the 20th century. In her work, the Great Rebellion is conspicuous by its absence. Given the lethality of the British response to the uprisi...