Sultanas Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopiaa tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world."The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.

Tells the story of a feminist utopia and discusses the Muslim custom of purdah, the seclusion and segregation of women.

Sultana's Dream is a classic work of Bengali science fiction and one of the first examples of feminist science fiction. This short story was written in 1905 by Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, a Muslim feminist, writer and social reformer who lived in British India, in what is now Bangladesh. The word sultana here means a female sultan, a Muslim ruler.

Contains a short story "Sultan's dream," which "exposes the injustices of purdah and imagines the possibilities of women's power unleashed" and selections from The secluded one, "a series of vignettes documenting women's experiences of purdah."--Publisher's description.