Elora Shehabuddin

The writer is Associate Professor of Humanities and Political Science at Rice University.

Toward Ladyland: On the life and work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.

1y ago

Remembering a father's love

April 15, 2016, marked the first death anniversary of Ambassador K.M. Shehabuddin. The first Bengali diplomat, along with his colleague Amjadul Huq, to declare allegiance to the new nation of Bangladesh, on April 6, 1971 in New Delhi, Shehabuddin was posthumously given the Independence Award in Dhaka last month.

8y ago
December 8, 2022
December 8, 2022

Toward Ladyland: On the life and work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.

April 16, 2016
April 16, 2016

Remembering a father's love

April 15, 2016, marked the first death anniversary of Ambassador K.M. Shehabuddin. The first Bengali diplomat, along with his colleague Amjadul Huq, to declare allegiance to the new nation of Bangladesh, on April 6, 1971 in New Delhi, Shehabuddin was posthumously given the Independence Award in Dhaka last month.