Daak Weekly: Feminist Sci-Fi, Baring All, Quirky Proverbs & More
This week in Daak:
1. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Story, Sultana’s Dream
2. Kamala Das’ Poems, The Looking Glass and Herons
3. Munshi Charanjee Lal’s Collection of Hindustani Idioms
4. Che Guevara’s India Visit
5. Shabana Azmi on Father, Kaifi Azmi
1. Sketching a Feminist Dystopia in Early 20th Century Bengal: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Story, Sultana’s Dream
What if women harnessed science and sustainability to run the world? Find out in this innocent, imaginative tale which became a classic feminist science fiction short story, one of the first in the subcontinent.
2. Voices of a Woman: Kamala Das’ Poems, The Looking Glass and Herons
Das explores feminine love, desire and sexuality through her provocative poems, baring and confessing all in her aching lines.
3. Talking in Tales: Munshi Charanjee Lal’s Collection of 10,000 Hindustani Idioms
Next time you’re at a loss for words, use some of these quirky Hindi and Urdu proverbs that to enliven your speech.
4. Che Guevara’s India Visit
A young and strapping Che is interviewed by an accidental journalist.
5. Shabana Azmi on Father, Kaifi Azmi
A winsome anecdote where Shabana Azmi remembers her childhood confusion at her father’s profession.
