Padmarag

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Padmarag is a pioneering early 20th-century Bengali feminist novel by Begum Rokeya that critiques patriarchy and advocates women's education and emancipation.

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Padmarag canonical 1

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instanceOf Bengali-language novel ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ
novel ⓘ
advocatesFor economic independence of women ⓘ
reform of patriarchal family structures ⓘ
women's access to education ⓘ
author Begum Rokeya ⓘ
countryOfOrigin British India ⓘ
criticizes domestic violence ⓘ
forced marriage ⓘ
patriarchal norms ⓘ
religious conservatism that restricts women ⓘ
genre feminist novel ⓘ
social reform novel ⓘ
hasCentralCharacterType educated woman ⓘ
social reformer woman ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important text in history of Bengali feminism ⓘ
milestone in South Asian Muslim women's writing ⓘ
used in academic studies of gender and colonial Bengal ⓘ
hasFictionalInstitution Tarini Bhavan ⓘ
hasIdeologicalBasis Islamic modernism as interpreted by Begum Rokeya ⓘ
hasNarrativeMode didactic fiction ⓘ
hasTargetAudience Bengali-speaking readers ⓘ
women in South Asia ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary social reform movements in Bengal ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
literaryMovement Bengali feminist literature ⓘ
social reform movement in Bengal ⓘ
mainTheme critique of patriarchy ⓘ
female solidarity ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
reform of purdah system ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
women's education ⓘ
women's emancipation ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
women's self-reliance ⓘ
notableFor early articulation of Muslim women's rights in Bengal ⓘ
pioneering feminist perspective in Bengali prose ⓘ
utopian vision of a women-led community ⓘ
portrays women's shelter ⓘ
women-run educational institution ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Sultana's Dream ⓘ
setting Bengal ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Begum Rokeya → notableWork → Padmarag ⓘ