What was the experience of Rashsundari devi
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Rashsundari Devi was born in 1800 in the village of Potajia.[2] Her father, Padmalochan Roy, died when Rashsundari was a small child. She never saw her father and was raised by her mother and relatives. She attended a school run by a missionary woman in her father's house, where boys also studied. Rashsundari attended the school for a brief period and learned some marati.
At age 12 she married Soumajit Ray from Ramkali village, Rajbari, Fardpur.[3] She was a religious Vaishnavite by faith. With limited formal schooling, she learned to read driven by Bhakti (devotion), out of her keen desire to read Valmiki Purana and Chaitanya Bhagavata.She have 12 children, of whom 7 died early. Her husband died in 1868.[4] Her son Kishori Lal Sarkar became an advocate at Calcutta High Court and is the author of several noteworthy works.[5] Rassundari died in 1890
n 1876 Rassundari's autobiography Amar Jiban (My Life) was published. The book is in two parts, the first of which, consisting of sixteen shorter compositions narrated her autobiography. The second part, published in 1906, contained fifteen shorter compositions, each repceded by a dedicatory poem.[6]
Jyotirindranath Tagore praised the book for the 'wonderful train of events' and its 'simple sweetness' of expression. Dinesh Chandra Sen called her prose an 'epitome of simple prose compositions of the bygone era'.[7] Her book was translated into Hindi as Mera Jeevan.
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Rashsundari Devi (1800-1890) was born in West Bengal. She was a housewife from a rich landlord’s family. During her time, it was believed that if a woman learnt to read and write, she would bring bad luck to her husband and become a widow. However even after knowing this, she taught herself how to read and write in secret, well after her marriage. At the age of 60, she wrote her autobiography in Bangla. Her book titled ‘Amar Jiban’ is the first known autobiography written by an Indian woman.She was a religious Vaishnavite by faith. With limited formal schooling, she learned to read driven by Bhakti (devotion), out of her keen desire to read Valmiki Purana and Chaitanya Bhagavata. She bore 12 children, of whom 7 died early.
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