Selecting A Bride
Today our topic of discussion is Selecting A Bride . Selecting A Bride Marriages would be arranged by guardians. Seldom if ever in sharif (or in later parlance, bhadro) society did girls and boys get a chance to…
Category The World Of Muslim Women In Colonial Bengal: 1876-1939
The World Of Muslim Women In Colonial Bengal: 1876-1939
Puberty And preparations For Marriage
Today our topic of discussion is Puberty And preparations For Marriage . Puberty And preparations For Marriage With the onset of puberty which occurred early in tropical climates, a girl’s training was complete and she was considered physically…
Didactic Manuals
Today our topic of discussion is Didactic Manuals . Didactic Manuals As the urban middle class grew in number, accompanied by the develop- ment of modern Bengali prose in the latter half of the last century, the Namas…
Romantic Love: Priya
Today our topic of discussion is Romantic Love: Priya . Romantic Love: Priya A new dimension was added to the wife’s multifarious roles, other than that of mother. This was fostered by the idea of romantic love which…
Colonial Bengal Motherhood
Today our topic of discussion is Colonial Bengal Motherhood . Colonial Bengal Motherhood In Colonial Bengal motherhood was one of the most important ingredients of domestic ideology. The notion of motherhood was also the aspect which displayed more…
Separation Of Spheres
Today our topic of discussion is Separation Of Spheres . Separation Of Spheres In Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Mr Wemmick physically ritualized the separation of spheres every evening on returning home from his work- place, by lifting up…
The Family In Transition
Today our topic of discussion is The Family In Transition . The Family In Transition Narratives that have come down to us from the early part of this century illustrate the changes that were taking place in the…
The Ghar And The Bahir
Today our topic of discussion is The Ghar And The Bahir . The Ghar And The Bahir The separation of the public and private spheres of the was expressed aptly in the Bengali dichotomy of ghar and bahir.…
Biographies Of Traditional Family
Today our topic of discussion is Biographies Of Traditional Family . Biographies Of Traditional Family Role models upheld in front of Muslim girls were: Bibi Fatema (the Prophet’s daughter), Bibi Rahima (wife of the Biblical prophet Ayub), Bibi…
The Punthi Tradition
Today our topic of discussion is The Punthi Tradition . The Punthi Tradition In the pre-modern age the literate Muslims either read texts in Persian- Arabic-Urdu, or mishro-bhasa punthi Originally punthi referred to hand-written books composed mostly in…