Set in the late and early nineteenth centuries, Ashapurna Debi’s widely acclaimed Pratham Pratisruti, translated as The First Promise, attempts to commemorate the struggles and efforts of women, of the mute domestic space, starkly neglected by history. This book, about one of the many unknown women from the ignored interiors of Bengal, also captures the larger social and cultural transformation of the colonial era.Ashapurna Debi, Translated by Indira Chowdhury.
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