Reflections on Kulin Polygamy – Nistarini Debi’s Sekeley Katha

Abstract

The legislative programme of the nineteenth century colonial state in India brought the private into the realm of public discourse. As is well-known, in Bengal, initiatives for intervention were by socially aware men like Rammohun Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshub Chunder Sen, Iswar Chandra Sarma (Vidyasagar), and organisations such as the Brahmo Samaj, Young Bengal Group and others.