Thema Books , Women's Studies, Oral History

Women's Studies, Oral History:

With special emphasis on personal narratives and documentation from women's lives in Bengal within the home.

	Gato Diner Jato Katha: Sekalini Antahpurikader Jeebanbrittanto Kalyani Dutta
	136 pp. Rs. 175. ISBN 978-93-81703-72-4
	(Accounts from the past: the hidden lives of Bengali women, 1890s-1950s). A selection of case studies of a wide range of Bengali women, drawn from different social strata, from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, as documented by Kalyani Dutta (1927-2003), celebrated chronicler-historian of women in Bengal. 2018.

Prachchhanner Akhyan Rusati Sen
Cover design by Ajoy Gupta. 21.5 x 14 cm. 224 pp. 2002. Pb. Bengali. ISBN 81-86017-42-9. Rs 100.
A collection of essays on Bengali women in life, literature, theatre and film.

	Bado Badir Chhoto Smriti Smriti Mitra
	Year 2011 Pb. 14 x 21.5 cm. xii + 108 pp. 16 rare b/w photos. Rs 150 ISBN 978-93-81703-04-5
	Reminiscences of life in two of the most illustrious houses of North Calcutta, bringing in rare insights into a life and world of the elite that has faded into the past.

Mother of My Heart: The Story of Bivabati Bose by Chitra Ghosh
Hb. 18.5 x 24.5 cm. x + 114 pp. 45 rare b/w photographs. Rs 250 ISBN 978-81-86017-71-5
A daughter’s memoir of her mother laced with sensitively recollected situation and episodes of life at home, grows into something larger and momentous, when the author happens to be the daughter of Sarat Chandra Bose, elder brother and political comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose, and Bivabati Bose, all
three of them actors in their own ways in India’s struggle for freedom, and development of socialist politics in the country. The personal and political camaraderie of the Bose brothers, and how the homely Bivabati took on their mantle and come to find her own niche in politics constitute the drama at the core of the work.

	Khada Bodi Thod Kalyani Dutt. Edited by Rusati Sen
	xxviii + 284 pp. 2012, ISBN 978-93-81703-14-4 Rs. 250
	Uncollected writings of Kalyani Dutt including her poems, and unpublished writings with a detailed introduction by the editor.

Purbasmriti Shanta Devi
Pb. 14 x 21.5 cm. viii + 178 pp. Rare b/w photographs. Rs 140. Bengali. ISBN 81-86017-61-5
This revised Thema edition brings together a rare selection of correspondence between Shanta Devi and Kalidas Nag from 1922-25, along with the author’s memoirs.

	Torur Shwasurbadi Jyotsna Devi
	Hb. 13 x 18.5 cm. 144 pp. Rs 150 ISBN 978-81-86017-69-2
	A semi–autobiographical novelette with an accounts book from 1948-49 and a couple of stories from the same time. Rare family photographs by Parimal Goswami. A collector’s item.

Ketaki Dutta: Nijer Kathay, Tukro Lekhay [Ketaki Dutta: in her own words and fragmentary pieces] Compiled by Samik Bandyopadhyay
Pb. 14 x 21.5 cm. More than 30 rare b/w stills. viii + 120 pp. 2012, ISBN 978-93-81703-19-9 Rs. 130.
Ketaki Dutta reveals in her candid reminiscences her training in the theatre under the legendary Sisirkumar Bhaduri and Prova Devi; while reflecting on later acting techniques and recollecting the day to day struggles of being a performer on stage and screen.

	Ranjabati: A Dancer and Her World: Selected Writings of Ranjabati Sircar. edited and introduced by Aishika Chakraborty.
	Year 2011 Hb. 18.5 x 24.5 cm. x+189 pp. 35 b/w and 13 colour photographs. Rs 400. ISBN 978-93-81703-03-8
	A comprehensive selection of the dance writings of Ranjabati Sircar (1963-99)—essays, seminar papers, interviews, reviews, production notes; with photographs by Avinash Pasricha, Dayanita Singh, Ray Clark; and a long critical introduction by the editor.

Ashtarambha Kalyani Dutta
Cover and other illustrations by Prakash Karmakar. 23.5 x 18 cm. 80 pp. 1997. Pb. Bengali. ISBN 81-86017-08-9. Rs 100.
An account of how animals have been perceived in literature, the arts and popular imagination, particularly in Bengal.

	Thod Badi Khada Kalyani Dutta
	Cover and other illustrations by Purnendu Pattrea. 23.5 x 18 cm. 132 pp. 2011. Hb. Bengali. ISBN: 978-81-86017-85-2. Rs 250.
	An account of women's life and culture in Bengal in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from oral reminiscences supported by literary evidence.

Prabad Prabachan Sabita Dutta Majumdar
Cover design Manasapat by Khandu Chitrakar. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Bengali. xviii + 70 pp. 2012, ISBN 978-93-81703-13-7 Rs. 60.
A personal collection of proverbs mainly from eastern Bengal, present Bangladesh.

	Prabadmala Kalyani Dutta
	Cover design Manasapat by Khandu Chitrakar. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Bengali. 88 pp. 2012, ISBN 978-93-81703-12-0 Rs. 60
	A collection of proverbs and riddles from Bengal especially those used in the household.

Na-er Madhye Hyan Champakali Basu
Jacket design by Shipra Bhattacharya. 9 photographs. 19 x 13.5 cm. 76 pp. 2003. Hb. Bengali. ISBN 81-86017-18-8. Rs 50.
Reminiscences, poems and personal writings by a woman who had never intended to publish her work.

	Manikuntala Sen Janajagaraney Narijagaraney [Manikuntala Sen Awakening People, Awaking Women – in Bengali]
	Hb. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. viii+374 pp. 18 b/w photographs. Rs. 350 ISBN 978-81-86017-78-4
	A centennial publication, commemorating the centenary of Manikuntala Sen (1910-87), legendary Communist leader and legislator, and pioneering figure in the women’s movement in India, containing her autobiography, selected speeches in the State Assembly, reminiscences by colleagues, documents from secret police records.