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