Written in 1935 and reproduced from a manuscript left to her grandson, Janaki Majumdar’s Family history describes the family fortunes of at least two upper-class Bengali families during the period 1870-1945. It traces the lives of three generations of women from the time they were children through adulthood, detailing the choices they made or that were made for them by the male members of their families. The most significant aspect of this ...
