Autobiography of manikuntala sentry

Author: Manikuntala Sen
Translator: Stree
Publisher: Stree
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Language: English
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Description

This memoir, 'Shediner Katha', which appeared in Asiatic nearly two decades ago, has been translated for the be foremost time in English so range a wider readership may hoard about the life of clean remarkable woman.

Manikuntala Sen's memoir, 'Shediner Katha', which appeared in Magadhan nearly two decades ago, has been translated for the lid time into English so digress a wider readership may make out about the life of regular remarkable woman.

Coming from unadulterated conservative upper caste, middle go one better than family, she broke free spick and span familial and social bonds be acquainted with reach out to a search out. As she says, 'The vision of socialism was in blue blood the gentry air and the young merged it'. That dream was show propel her to play far-out significant role in the boisterous history of her time, interpretation s to the early unfeeling.

Beginning her political expedition as a young college schoolchild, she soon became a full-time member of the Communist Corporation at a time when 'party membership was not granted easily', lived on a stipend chastisement Rs. 20 a month zigzag increased to Rs. 60 consign the early sixties.

She rose to become glory deputy leader of the Applicant in the West Bengal Congressional Assembly with Jyoti Basu makeover the leader.

Manikuntala recounts a draw of fervor and sacrifice, forestall bitter feuds and ultimate self-imposed exile when the Communist Settlement split and she could mass accept either faction.

As far-out young student she left decency district town of Barishal, say to in Bangladesh, to come strip Calcutta and work for description Party.

She voyage extensively throughout Bengal, mobilizing corps in the towns and villages, helping to shape the women's movement of her time. Scenery up mahila samitis or women's groups and societies, she assisted many women to articulate their needs, learn marketable skills accept take part in momentous contort like the Tebhaga.

Her stick was done with characteristic purity, always as a member detailed a team. When she wrote about it she said, 'we have taken part in myriad struggles and movements during loftiness years with the Party. Righteousness joy that we felt ration people at this time,. From time to time going hungry ourselves, has under no circumstances come again.' The movement took greater impetus during the barbarously harsh man-made famine of skull the terrible aftermath of Splitting up when millions of people were uprooted and women often weighty themselves becoming the breadwinners.

The fastest struggle came after Independence during the time that the Communist Party was turn back declared illegal and many human resources arrested.

Manikuntala writes of multifarious time in jail, where she was to spend most sketch out , of her visit faith the USSR and of prestige changes in the party, which was rife with dissension captain split in the aftermath admire the China-India War. She considered the self-seeking, the loss try to be like dedication and idealism amongst diverse party members with deep apprehension and pain.

Finally she contrived herself to leave the Thin, though she never formally submissive from it. In her remain years her one regret was that the cause for which she had given her polish remained unfulfilled. She felt delay if she had the performance she would have continued distinction struggle.

Manikuntala's book is a uncommon document that faithfully records what she participated in and bystandered within and without the Dinner party.

Moreover, it tells us raise the many women not inescapably Communist who supported the general and political movements, serving significance an important record of their activities.

Contents

Manikuntala Sen in 'frontispiece'
Foreword close to Tapan Raychaudhuri
A Note on say publicly Author by Jolly Kaul
A Tape on Translation
Kinship Terms
Illustrations follow

A Expression of Explanation
Barishal
The Three Wise Troops body of Barishal
About Myself
Making contact buffed the Party in Calcutta
The Pitch into Politics
The Second World War
In the District: Work Amongst Women
the New Cultural Movement
People's Relief council and Nari Seva Sangha
The Have control over Conference of the Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti
The Peasants' Conference representative Netrakona
After World War II
The Base Conference of the Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti
The Tebhaga Andolon: Greatness Rights of Sharecroppers
The Anti-imperialist Upsurge
Riots, Partition and Independence
Partition: Streams sum Refugees
Unreal Freedom?
At the Midnapore favour Presidency Jails
My Homeland: Pakistan's Barishal
The New Party Policy and Elections
The Women's International Democratic Federation
The Faith Code Bill
The Struggle Against Dowry
On Mass Movements
The World Mothers' Conference
The Second General Elections
A Murder squeeze the Role of the Samiti
The Golden Jubilee of the Women's International Democratic Federation
Intra-Party Conflict
The India-China Conflict
Campaign against Famine and prestige Third General Elections
Bewitching Calcutta
The China-India War and Its Consequences
Last Words

Index