Rokeya Day

How significant is Rokeya today?

Defaced image of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein raises questions on women's rights and feminism.
9 December 2024, 05:00 AM

Sister Library brings back ‘Sultana’s Dream’ and the chance to create one’s own utopia

The zine-making workshop was divided into four groups based on the central themes of Begum Rokeya’s story: arts, social justice, city planning and science & education.
21 December 2022, 12:00 PM

Looking at present-day Bangladesh through Rokeya’s mirror

The key message in Rokeya’s writing is the need to ensure justice for all and in all aspects of life that include gender egalitarianism.
9 December 2022, 11:06 AM

Brilliantly rejecting the notion of inferiority

Rokeya (English spelling used by her: Roquiah) was born circa 1880 (alternately 1878) to a declining aristocratic land-owning family in the village of Pyrabund, Rangpur in present-day Bangladesh.
8 December 2017, 18:00 PM