The
Famous Feminist Writers In India
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By: Anwesha Barari Published: Wednesday, August
21, 2013, 22:32 [IST]
When we talk about feminist authors, we directly go to the likes of Virginia Woolf or Toni Morrison. Indian names rarely come up in the list of feminist writers. The truth is that Indian writers were a little slow in catching up with the Feminist movement that raged worldwide. India was still under British rule and too rooted in age old tradition.
When we talk about feminist authors, we directly go to the likes of Virginia Woolf or Toni Morrison. Indian names rarely come up in the list of feminist writers. The truth is that Indian writers were a little slow in catching up with the Feminist movement that raged worldwide. India was still under British rule and too rooted in age old tradition.
The concept of feminist writing was started by men in India.
It was later caught on by women writers. So the first Indian feminist writers
were actually men. Here is a list of the most notable feminist Indian writers.
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore was one of the first known Indian writers whose
writings had a marked feminist angle to them. His main characters were more
often than not women. Some of Tagore's novels like 'Choker Bali' (A Grain Of
Sand) and Ghare Bhaire (The Home and Outside) are known for its bold female
characters. Like Shakespeare, Tagore made his female characters more than mere
decorations.
Kamini Roy
Kamini Roy
Kamini Roy was a Suffragette and the first woman to graduate
with Honours. She was a Bengali poet and a renowned feminist. She was a
champion for women's education and voting rights. 'Nirmalaya' is one of her
best known works.
Ismat Chugtai
Ismat Chugtai is one of the major Urdu writers in India. She
is known for fierce, funny and sardonic treatment of feminist literature. Her
collection of short stories have a definite feminist vein. She was even dragged
to court for writing the story called 'Lihaaf' or the 'Quilt'.
Kamala Das
Kamala Das is an Indian writer who writes in English. She was
one of the first Indian feminist writers to write in English. Kamala Das's
poems and fiction explore female sexuality intensively and present them
fearlessly to the readers.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Divakar is one of the best known Indian writers who
have feminist ideology. Among her famous works is the 'Palace Of Illusions'.
This book Mahabharata told from the perspective of Draupadi. Not many writers
have dared to experiment with a bold subject like that.
Lalithambika Antharjanam
Lalithambika Antharjanam
is a Malayalam writer who is known for her keen sense of feminist literature.
Her best known work is 'Angnisakshi'. These are some of the elemental feminist
writers in India. If you know any other Indian feminist writers who write in
regional languages, then please add to the list.Lalithambika Antharjanam
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