Nivedita Sen taught English literature at Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Among her published books are Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions in Twentieth Century Bengal (Routledge, 2015) and a translation of Sibaji Bandyopadhyay’s pathbreaking work The Rakhal Gopal Dialectic: Colonialism and Children’ Literature in Bengal (2015). She has been translating Bangla fiction from Tagore onwards.

• Author’s Biography viii Foreword ix Acknowledgements xvi Author’s Introduction xviii Translator’s Note lxii 1 Thakurma’r Jhuli (Grandma’s Sack): A Chronicle of the Past or a Premonition of the Future? 1 2 Abishaswya ek Sangbadal (An Incredible Transition): A chapter from Abar Shishushiksha (On Children’s Education Again) 20 3 Bangla Shishisahityer Chhoto Meyera: The Little Girls of Bangla Children’s Literature 30 Works Cited 97 Glossary 102 Index 105

Nivedita Sen taught English literature at Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Among her published books are Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions in Twentieth Century Bengal (Routledge, 2015) and a translation of Sibaji Bandyopadhyay’s pathbreaking work The Rakhal Gopal Dialectic: Colonialism and Children’ Literature in Bengal (2015). She has been translating Bangla fiction from Tagore onwards.

• Author’s Biography viii Foreword ix Acknowledgements xvi Author’s Introduction xviii Translator’s Note lxii 1 Thakurma’r Jhuli (Grandma’s Sack): A Chronicle of the Past or a Premonition of the Future? 1 2 Abishaswya ek Sangbadal (An Incredible Transition): A chapter from Abar Shishushiksha (On Children’s Education Again) 20 3 Bangla Shishisahityer Chhoto Meyera: The Little Girls of Bangla Children’s Literature 30 Works Cited 97 Glossary 102 Index 105

Nivedita Sen taught English literature at Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Among her published books are Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions in Twentieth Century Bengal (Routledge, 2015) and a translation of Sibaji Bandyopadhyay’s pathbreaking work The Rakhal Gopal Dialectic: Colonialism and Children’ Literature in Bengal (2015). She has been translating Bangla fiction from Tagore onwards.

• Author’s Biography viii Foreword ix Acknowledgements xvi Author’s Introduction xviii Translator’s Note lxii 1 Thakurma’r Jhuli (Grandma’s Sack): A Chronicle of the Past or a Premonition of the Future? 1 2 Abishaswya ek Sangbadal (An Incredible Transition): A chapter from Abar Shishushiksha (On Children’s Education Again) 20 3 Bangla Shishisahityer Chhoto Meyera: The Little Girls of Bangla Children’s Literature 30 Works Cited 97 Glossary 102 Index 105