I mentioned Rokeya Begum in an earlier post as wearing a Brahmika saree. As these excerpts from Sonia Amin’s book indicate, both Hindu and Muslim women in Bengal moving from the private sphere into the public sphere were evolving a new kind of attire.

Rokeya Begum is best known for her short story on a feminist utopia, Sultana’s Dream. I see that she has been dubbed a sci-fi writer🙂

bhadramahila: closest translation would be respectable woman/gentlewoman