In pursuit of Chandrabati: the 16th century Bengali poet
Chandrabati, the poet who composed Ramayana from Sita’s point of view. She attempted such a tacsk in as early as the sixteenth century, which has earned the right to be termed canonical texts from a women's perspective. We started our journey at 8am from Mohammodpur, took a break at Egaro Shindur in Pakundia in Kishoreganj district to see the place where Isha khan, the chief of Baro Bhuiyan fought Maan Singh. As we climbed up high on a hill like structure on foot, and came down on the other side, we were informed by a villager that this was a tomb of some saint who lived here many years ago. We we taken over by guilty feelings for having tread over some unknown saint’s eternal resting place. By us, I mean the group of writers who came out on an expedition to find out more about the sixteenth century poet Chandrabati. What was discovered beyond the hill was a series of modern village houses with brick walls and tinned roof tops. A young villager led us to an enclosure beyond the hou