Volume-I, Issue-V, May 2025
Volume-I, Issue-V, May, 2025 |
Received: 13.05.2025 | Accepted: 14.05.2025 | ||
Published Online: 31.05.2025 | Page No: 1223-1231 | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.1.issue.05W.124 | |||
কৈলাসবাসিনী দেবীর ‘জনৈকা গৃহবধূর ডায়েরী’: প্রসঙ্গ ঊনবিংশ শতকের ‘নতুন’ পরিবারভাবনা সৌমী বসু, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, ডায়মন্ড হারবার মহিলা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়,পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Kailashbasini Devi’s ‘Diary of a Housewife’: Contextualizing the ‘New’ Notion of Family in the Nineteenth Century Soumi Basu, Research Scholar, Dept. of Bengali, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
This article attempts to explore the ‘new’ family-view and the inner quarters of an enlightened Hindu household in 19th century Bengal through the autobiographical narrative of Kailashbasini Devi (1829-1995). Kailashbasini was the wife of Kishori Chand Mitra (1822-1873), a writer, social reformer and civil servant in colonial Bengal, who was educated at Hindu College. His brother was the renowned novelist Peary Chand Mitra. By examining Kailashbasini Devi’s autobiography, we delve into the domestics and conjugal lives of Kishori Chand and Kailashbasini, revealing the ethos of their family and the evolving ‘new’ family perspective of a western-educated young man. We analyze her narrative in the context of social history to understand why this memoir has become an essential document for studying the emergence of ‘new’ family-thoughts in 19th century Bengal. | ||
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