Rabindranath Tagore’s 1903 Bengali novel Chokher Bali is often referred to as India’s first modern novel, where he highlighted the issues of women’s education, child marriage and the treatment of widows in 19th and 20th century Bengal. Her education was also unconventional for the time as their father, Debendranth, put a halt on her mechanically taught education at school, and brought in a male teacher, Ajodhyanath Prakash, a male outside in the women’s quarters, thus defying strong cultural norms.Īuthor: Rabindranath Tagore (translated by Sreejata Guha) Tagore’s sister Swarnakumari Devi was among the first Bengali women writers to gain prominence in India. His writings affirm the inhumanity of preventing women from accessing the same educational upbringing as men. Tagore’s writing reveals him to be an advocate for women’s education.
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