Question

Was Rashundari Devi a superstitious woman? If not, why?

Answer 1

Rashundari Devi is popular for being one of the first known Bengali women writers. She was the first woman to write a full Bengali literature autobiography. The book was named ‘Aamar Jiban’.

Complete answer: Rashundari Devi was a Bengali woman author, who wrote the first full-fledged Bengal literature book. The book was her own biography, which was named ‘Aamir Jiban’, which she wrote at the age of sixty.
 Rashsundari Devi was a housewife from a rich landlord's family in West Bengal. She was among the several women in her time that were not allowed to learn how to read and write in any language. During her time, which was around two hundred years back, there was a strong superstitious belief that if a woman had learned how to read and write, she would bring immense bad luck to her husband. But, Rashsundari Devi did not believe in this as she was not a superstitious woman. She learned how to read and write in Bengali in secret after she got married. She then wrote her own biography at the age of sixty in authentic Bengali language. Her book was titled ‘Aamar Jiban’ was the first known autobiography which was written by an Indian woman. Therefore, we can conclude that Rushandari Devi was not a superstitious woman as she went against the traditional beliefs and wrote an entire book.

Note: This question is a fact-based question which cant be written in any other way. There is only one reason as to how we can prove that Rashundari Devi was not a superstitious woman. The reason has been listed above.