On #WomensDay2023, not a single tweet from any woman among 1.3 bn people India who thought it was worthy to pay respect to the 1 man who fought with the British machinery to
1) Sponsor & be the 1st signatory on the Widow remarriage Act
2) Build 59 schools in 1 year in #Bengal
1) Sponsor & be the 1st signatory on the Widow remarriage Act
2) Build 59 schools in 1 year in #Bengal
(2/n) and 29 schools exclusively for women when women were banned from attending schools
3) 7 of these schools were English medium when women of India were banned from attending English medium schools
4) Hitkari Sabha (1868)- Asia's 1st #NGO specially set up to empower women....
3) 7 of these schools were English medium when women of India were banned from attending English medium schools
4) Hitkari Sabha (1868)- Asia's 1st #NGO specially set up to empower women....
(5/n) and make them independent and self sufficient
5) Set up India's first English Medium College - #BethuneCollege that set the tone for ALL women colleges in India
6) Proposed setting up of #CalcuttaUniversity that could be the 1st University in India producing some of....
5) Set up India's first English Medium College - #BethuneCollege that set the tone for ALL women colleges in India
6) Proposed setting up of #CalcuttaUniversity that could be the 1st University in India producing some of....
(6/n) finest women India has ever had.
Remembering #RajaJoykrishnaMukherjee on #WomensDay2023 while the old marble street sign in #Uttarpara has become the dumping ground of local trash tilting the sign dangerously to the right. One day it'll find its place in a compactor.
Remembering #RajaJoykrishnaMukherjee on #WomensDay2023 while the old marble street sign in #Uttarpara has become the dumping ground of local trash tilting the sign dangerously to the right. One day it'll find its place in a compactor.
(7/n)FYI @debjani_ghosh_ @KarunaGopal1 @karunanundy @kiranshaw @thekiranbedi @YoSwaroop @BDUTT @sagarikaghose @palkisu @TheUntamedFire @Primrosepink @smritiirani @shaziailmi @drshamamohd @kakoligdastidar @KakoliMukherje2 @amritabhinder @supriyasahuias @swastika24 @krithikasivasw
Geez, a terrible typo - "fought against" NOT "fought with"...
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