Google Doodle celebrates Rokeya day

Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage to celebrate Begum Rokeya Day, marking the 137th birth and 85th death anniversary of the pioneer of women rights in the subcontinent.

Begum Royeka Shakhawat Hossain was a pioneer in Bangalee feminist thinking and writing.

She wrote novels, poems, short stories, science fiction, satires, treatises, and essays. In her writings, she advocated that both men and women should be treated equally as rational beings and the lack of education is the main reason of women lagging behind.

She was born on December 9, 1880 in Rangpur. She died on December 9 in 1932.