A sample cover of the book: salmon coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari (dark green in colour) lines the right hand margin of the cover. The book is placed against a pink background.

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Julie Banerjee Mehta writes about ‘Amar Jiban’ in ‘The Telegraph’, India

Excerpts from Julie Banerjee Mehta’s article, published on 10 October 2026: It was a serendipitous tribute to Rassundari Devi, the woman who wrote the first full-length autobiography in Bengali, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. She was feted appropriately at the International Translation Day conference headlined “Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights”, organised by the International Society for Intercultural Studies and Research and Virasat Art Publication. At the event, held on September 30 under the stewardship […]

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.

Books, Memoir, Non-fiction, Saffronbird, Translated from Modern Indian Languages

Amar Jiban (My Life)

Author: Rassundari Devi 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 […]

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New revised edition of our ‘Amar Jiban ~ My Life’

To celebrate the 150th year of the first publication in 1876 of Rassundari Dasi/Devi’s historic and pioneering Bengali autobiography, Amar Jiban, Writers Workshop has published a new special edition of the only complete English translation of the book, now a prescribed text in many gender studies programmes. Originally translated by Enakshi Chatterjee, it has been revised and annotated by our director, Professor Ananda Lal, including not just Rassundari’s prose but also all her poems in full. The book is priced […]

A sample cover of the book: black 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.

Books, Memoir, Non-fiction, Saffronbird, Translated from Modern Indian Languages

Amar Jiban (My Life)

Author: Rassundari Devi Translator: Enakshi Chatterjee Pages: 132 Year of Publication: First published 1999 (English translation), Reprint 2016, Corrected edition 2020, Corrected and expanded 3rd edition 2022 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-958199-2-8 (9788195819928) About the Book The complete, unabridged translation of the Bengali text, with the original introductions by Jyotirindranath Tagore and Dinesh Chandra Sen. Sen remarks, “The account of this life can hardly be ignored as merely personal. It is a factual document of the life of an old Hindu woman … […]

A sample cover of the book: aquamarine coloured 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.

Books, Memoir, Non-fiction, Saffronbird, Translated from Modern Indian Languages

Amar Jiban (My Life)

Author: Rassundari Devi Translator: Enakshi Chatterjee Pages: 128 Year of Publication: First published 1999 (English translation), Reprint 2016, Corrected edition 2020 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-944057-9-5 (9788194405795) About the Book The complete, unabridged translation of the Bengali text, with the original introductions by Jyotirindranath Tagore and Dinesh Chandra Sen. Sen remarks, “The account of this life can hardly be ignored as merely personal. It is a factual document of the life of an old Hindu woman … The book Amar Jiban is thus not […]

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Amar Jiban (My Life)

Author: Rassundari Devi Translator: Enakshi Chatterjee Pages: 128 Year of Publication: First published 1999 (English translation), Reprint 2016 Price: Rs 250 ISBN: 978-93-5045-143-4 (9789350451434) About the Book The complete, unabridged translation of the Bengali text, with the original introductions by Jyotirindranath Tagore and Dinesh Chandra Sen. Sen remarks, “The account of this life can hardly be ignored as merely personal. It is a factual document of the life of an old Hindu woman… The book Amar Jiban is thus not […]