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Nandini Sahu (born 1973), English-language poet, folklorist, academic; Indira Sant (1914–2000), Marathi poet; Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862–1894), early English-language Indian novelist; Mala Sen (1947–2011), writer and human rights activist, author of India's Bandit Queen; Mallika Sengupta (1960–2011), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist ...
Sharmila Rege (7 October 1964 – 13 July 2013) [1] was an Indian sociologist, feminist scholar and author of Writing Caste, Writing Gender. [2] She led the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women's Studies Centre, (the department of Gender Studies) at University of Pune which position she occupied since 1991. [3]
She first learned to read and write in English at school at the age of seven. As a result, English became her "literary language". She published her first story at the age of nine. [7] She attended Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School in Delhi and received her B.A. in English literature in 1957 from the Miranda House at the University of Delhi.
Urvashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well as for authoring books such as The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India and Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir.
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Born Rokeya Khatun (1880-12-09) 9 December 1880 Pairaband, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Rangpur, Bangladesh) Died 9 December 1932 (1932-12-09) (aged 52) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) Resting place Kolkata, West Bengal, India Other names Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain R. S. Hossain Rokeya Khatoon Occupation(s) Writer ...
In total, Tharu has published six books on these topics. Her most well known work which she edited with K. Lalitha is the two-part anthology titled Women Writing In India, 600 B.C. [10] Her works are most well known for their critical viewpoint on the Indian women's movement and cultural theory. [11]
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Women writers from Jharkhand (6 P) K. ... Women writers from Punjab, India (1 C, 22 P) R. Women writers from ...