Hello ! I am divya parmar. This blog is the answer of the several question which is given by yesha ma'am to complete the class activity. So lets look upon the brief introduction of sultana's reality.
Sultana's Dream was originally published in The Indian Ladies' Magazine, Madras, 1905, in English. This edition is transcribed from Sultana's dream; and Padmarag: two feminist utopias by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain; translated with an introduction by Barnita Bagchi. New Delhi (India) : Penguin, 2005.
Who is begam Rokeya sakhawat Hossain?
Date of Birth: 1880
Date of Death: 1932
Hossain, Roquiah Sakhawat litterateur, educationist, and social reformer, who played a pioneering role in awakening Muslim women, was born on 9 December 1880 into a landed family of Pairaband in rangpur. Zahiruddin Abu Ali Haider Saber was her father and Rahatunnesa Chowdhury, her mother. Her ancestors served in military and judiciary departments during the Mughal regime. Named Roquiah Khatun, she is commonly known as Begum Rokeya in Bangladesh. Her name became Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain after her marriage and in literary circles, she was known as Mrs RS Hossain.
➡️ Concept of Andarmahel - The universe of women:
In great history of kingdoms introduce us with the concept of Andarmahel. Andarmahel is place which is purposely made and designed for queens and the females which are part of king or Rular's family. Infact we can see the concept of Andarmahel as an "universe of the women". In india we can still find the "Parda pratha" which is followed by religion and by some royal families. In ancient time there are some strict rule which was followed by society. womens have a no right to do the things whatever they wants.
In Kingdom there is special arrangements for queens and females of king's family. Arrengement like school, kitchen, entertainment, garden and etc. which is required for living a life, it is designed in Andarmahel. whether she is a wife, mother, sister or daughter they all have to live their life in the huge Andarmahel. No males are allowed to visit Andarmahel, only the king can visit Andarmahel. Sultana's Dream can be the feminine view. Even somewhere womens were not allowed to get education.
➡️ Observation of females and their connection with books (colonial education movements)
In the other chapter we found the impact of the colonial education movement. In the earlier time we found that women have no right to study, no rights to write a letter, no rights to vote, no right to come out and raise their voice! But with the concept of reading books and educating themselves make huge changes in the lifestyle of women. When men come to know that womens are educating themselves and try to come out and break their home made rules! They started discussing women's behaviour in the books.
Comparision of both narratives :
In the narration of the both first we find that “Sultana’s Dream” and “Sultana’s Reality” the title itself make difference. One is talking about dreams which are connected to the utopian world and second is reality which is connected to the real world. Sultana’s Dream make feminist point of view front of readers but Afra make it reality baised. Using technology the reality puts so many other ideas about how the world is used to patriarchal points of view.
