• Kasturi Joddar

Sultana’s Dream and Padmarag by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain are two remarkable texts on feminism, where women are given the status of an independent and individual human being. Amidst fancy and imagination, the pain and pathos of female existence, caused by the crooked and diabolical patriarchal system of domination, are wonderfully highlighted. The unbearable burden and hazardous pressure faced by women are rooted in contemporary social practices and habits. However, Rokeya does not remain confined solely to highlighting the problems. Rather, she has recommended solutions to all kinds of crisis with superb skill and intelligence. She has invented various kinds of remedies by which the female folk can be given some comfort and relief from the satanic barbarism of the male-centric universe. The never-ending humiliation is given a proper answer. To Rokeya, womanhood is a matter of great pride. It fully needs tender care. She thinks subjugation of women is nothing but a perverted crime. This ill and evil male temperament has faced the most harsh and drastic encounter at the hands of Rokeya. In her Sultana’s Dream and Padmarag, this flavour of feminism is reflected on every page of these books.

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Women's Upliftment, Patriarchy, Male Chauvinism, Female Empowerment.

"Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a renowned name in the realm of women's empowerment, vividly visible in Sultana's Dream and Padmarag", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 7, page no.838-848, July-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701D71.pdf

"Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a renowned name in the realm of women's empowerment, vividly visible in Sultana's Dream and Padmarag", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 7, page no. pp838-848, July-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701D71.pdf