Sultana's Dream Analysis

Search of Identity in the Society

Sultana’s dream was written by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain in 1905. Sultana’s dream is known as a feminist utopia story. Rokeya is a Muslim feminist, social Reformer and a writer from India . Sultana’s dream is a delightful satirical worker in lady land, where men are in purdah and women firmly in charge of home and government. The word of Sultan indicates towards a female Sultan, a Muslim ruler.

Widely regarded as Bengali’s earliest and boldest feminist writer, Rokeya was a woman of many talents.

She was a pioneering and creative educationist. The school she founded in Kolkata, the sakhawat memorial school for girls, still thrives; she was also an social activist,

As our country, became independent and the constitution of the country guaranteed equal rights for women, the women also regained her lost position and reasserted her equality with man. In sultan’s dream one can found that how women dream their society to be but due to male dominance barriers are put in the freedom of thinking and their Dream remain a dream.

In early times women were just confine to do the household activities, serving the family and bringing up the children. Her life was spent in looking after the family within the four walls of the home. Her life was not much better than a slave. Talents of women were restricted to kitchen, embroidery, and stitching. A woman was supposed to keep her covered. And was not allowed to come in front of men and talk to them. Women had no say in the family matters. The life of a woman was a torture to her. She was considered weak and incapable. Women were kept away from the basic right of education also. But in sultanas Dream women are portrayed with greater power and capabilities such as “now that they(men) accustomed to the purdah system and have ceased to grumble at their seclusion, we call

Indeed, she has to become a source of great inspiration for a man on his onward march.

Today , we can find a great number of business women, who have made their mark in the society by virtue of hard work, attitude and dedication. They are very successful in their mark in the society In their work and can do many things really better than some men. The whole world admits that participation of women in the decision making process is an indicator of development of a democratic society. The importance of having significant role of women in the society is recognized by men also. Men also feel that women have now become compatible to them and should be given equal rights.

Legally also women have now equal rights in every matter as men have.

Women no longer are conservative and defensive. They are now prepared to deal with any circumstances with great determination. The dressing of the women has noticeably changed over the period. She no longer dresses to cover herself. Instead, she is opting for dresses that make them feel comfortable and confident. The change in the attitude of women is reflected in the modern