Kamini Roy won several accolades including Jagattarini Gold Medal. An early doodle draft by artist Helene Leroux. NEW DELHI: Google honoured a leading Bengali poet and social worker, Kamini Roy , of her time with a creative doodle on her 155th birth anniversary.The doodle, created by artist Helene Leroux, shows Roy holding a book of her poems titled, Koto Valobashi, as several women from her era stand by her side. After joining Bethune School in 1883, she became one of the first girls to attend school in British India. Later, she became the vice-president of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad in 1932-33.Roy breathed her last on 27 September 1933 while she was staying in Hazaribagh with her family.Here’s to Kamini Roy, a trailblazer who did not accept limitations.

Source: Economic Times October 12, 2019 04:22 UTC