Sultana’s Dream: Rokeya Hossain’s feminist utopian novel recognised as ‘Memory of the World’

World news:
Sultana’s Dream, the utopian novel of a world without men written by Bengali author Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain in 1905 British India, has been recognised by UNESCO as part of its ‘Memory of the World’ register, a recent statement by the UN body stated.
Hossain’s work, the Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas, Panchatantra and Sahrdayaloka Lochana by Anandavardhana are among 20 items recognised during the 2024 cycle of the Memory of the World Regional Register.
“The 2024 cycle also celebrated science and literature, recognizing Bangladesh’s sci-fi feminist author, Rokeya S. Hossain, who imagined both helicopters and solar panels before they had been invented in her 1905 utopian narrative, Sultana’s Dream,” the statement noted.