# Amar Jiban (My Life)

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2026/10/05/amar-jiban-my-life-4/
- Published: 2026-10-05T16:43:36+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Rassundari Devi[⌊A sample cover of the book: navy blue handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Amar-Jiban-My-Life.jpg)
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Translator:** Enakshi Chatterjee **Revision and Annotation:** Ananda Lal **Pages:**
122 **Year of Publication:** First published 1999 (English translation), Reprint
2016, Corrected edition 2020, Corrected and expanded 3rd edition 2022, Revised and
annotated 4th edition 2026 **Price:** ₹500 **ISBN:** 978-81-995932-9-9 (9788199593299)

_**About the Book**_
 A must-read for anyone interested in exploring the social,
female and gender history of India through the lens of personal narratives, this
is the complete, unabridged translation of Rassundari Dasi / Devi’s memoir from 
Bengali to English. It has in recent years been recognised as indispensable in the
context of understanding the throughline of feminism and gender studies in the country.
At 88, Rassundari writes about her life (she was born in 1810 and passed away in
1899) from her earliest memories as a child, focusing on the everyday, her thoughts,
and the solace she gained from her faith in God. It is a fascinating account of 
a woman relying on her trust in the spiritual to survive the gruelling labour expected
of her because of her gender and prevalent social norms that would now rightly be
considered as extremely traumatic conditions.

Rassundari taught herself to read and write. She says: “It is such a pleasure to
see the women today enjoying so much freedom. These days, parents of a single girl
child take so much care to educate her. But we had to struggle so much just for 
that.”

**As a tribute on the sesquicentenary of the book, we publish this new, full edition,
thoroughly revised and annotated by our director,** **Professor Ananda Lal**. It
includes the original introductions by Jyotirindranath Tagore and Dinesh Chandra
Sen and the afterword from our 2022 edition by Professor Sutanuka Ghosh (Department
of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata).

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