Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Begum Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, popularly known as Begum Rokeya, was born in 1880 in the village of Pairabondh, Mithapukur, Rangpur, in what was then the British Indian Empire and is now Bangladesh.
Begum Rokeya was an inspiring figure who contributed much to the struggle to liberate women from the bondage of social malaises. Her life can be seen in the context of other social reformers within what was then India. To raise popular consciousness, especially among women, she wrote a number of articles, stories and novels, mostly in Bengali.
Rokeya used humor, irony, and satire to focus attention on the injustices faced by Bengali-speaking Muslim women. She criticized oppressive social customs forced upon women that were based upon a corrupted ve
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সাহিত্য-পুরস্কার : এইচএসবিসি-কালিওকলম তরুণ কথাসাহিত্যিক পুরস্কার ২০১৩।
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অবধূত (১৯১০ - ১৩ এপ্রিল, ১৯৭৮) বা কালিকানন্দ অবধূত ছিলেন একজন বিশিষ্ট ভারতীয় বাঙালি ঔপন্যাসিক ও তন্ত্রসাধক। তাঁর প্রকৃতনাম দুলালচন্দ্র মুখোপাধ্যায়। জন্ম কলকাতার ভবানীপুরে। পুত্র অমল মুখোপাধ্যায়ের জন্মের পর প্রথমা স্ত্রীর মৃত্যু হলে উজ্জয়িনীর মহাকাল মন্দিরে সন্ন্যাস (অবধূত) গ্রহণ করেন। সন্ন্যাসজীবনে তাঁর নাম হয় কালিকানন্দ অবধূত। সন্ন্যাসজীবনে তাঁর ভৈরবী স্ত্রীও ছিল। হুগলি জেলার চুঁচুড়ায় স্বপ্রতিষ্ঠিত রুদ্রচণ্ডী মঠে তাঁর মৃত্যু হয়।
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অবধূত ছদ্মনামে তিনি একাধিক গ্রন্থ রচনা করেছিলেন। ১৯৫৪ সালে মরুতীর্থ হিংলাজ নামক উপন্যাস রচনা করে খ্যাতি অর্জন করেন। এই উপন্যাসটি অবলম্বনে একটি জনপ্রিয় চলচ্চিত্রও নির্মিত হয়, যার কেন্দ্রীয় চরিত্রে অভিনয় করেন বিকাশ রায় ও উত্তমকুমার। তাঁর অপর বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ উদ্ধারণপুরের ঘাট (১৯৬০)।