Nabanita Debsener rupkathar galpe narir khomotayan/ নবনীতা দেবসেনের রূপকথার গল্পে নারীর ক্ষমতায়ন

Abstract

Nabanita Deb Sen was a perpetually cheerful, exquisitely beautiful person, melded by a combination of upright character, sharp wit and profound scholarship. Nabanita Deb Sen, the noted poet, novelist, short story writer, play write, humorist and travel writer is unquestionably one of those accomplished women authors of contemporary Bengal. Her refined humor, free–spirited, erudite writing and deep understanding of the post–colonial and psychological problems of middle-class Bengalis have accorded her with a special place in contemporary Bengali literature. In Bengal’s conservative society, Nabanita Deb Sen scene through out her life with the identity of a free spirit. Living life on her own terms with an unconquerable nature, Nabanita, in the multifaceted expansion of her personality, sometimes even surpassed her mother, Radharani Devi. In a male dominated society, her strong pretest against the discriminatory life experiences of women found expression in various forms of feminism. In her fairy tales, it is revealed that women are in no way inferior to men in society; they are capable of achieving victory not by physical strength, but by intelligence. Through the guise of children’s literature, Nabanita Deb Sen’s fairy tales seem to depict a picture of human life. She was able to win the hearts of children by blending imagination and reality in the way that resonated with their minds. Under the pretext of telling stories, she presented many profound truths of life of them. She sought to show children new perspectives, moving beyond traditional ways of thinking. The protagonists of her fairy tales are female. They were not weak; they are intelligent. They are not foolish, but resilient and patient. They are not afraid to conquer fear and embark on formidable journey alone when facing challenging situations. The women in Nabanita Dev Sen’s fairy tales celebrate life’s triumphs. In her writing, children’s minds discover a different realm of imagination within lost fairy tales.