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She is also the co-curator of another poetry event in the city, titled Throwback Thursday, wherein she asks poets to read out their first work as well as their most recent writing. [16] She also supported and presented a poem for Gender equality, Know your rights by Vivel in association with Aaj tak and India Today. [17]
Kamla Bhasin (24 April 1946 – 25 September 2021) was an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist.Bhasin's work, that began in 1970, focused on gender education, human development and the media.
Anamika (born 17 August 1961) is a contemporary Indian poet, social worker and novelist [1] writing in Hindi, and a critic writing in English. My Typewriter Is My Piano is her collection of poems translated into English. [2] She is known for her feminist poetry. [2]
This approach brought Shiva's presence to everyone and at all times, without gender, class or caste discrimination. [8] [21] Basava's poem, such as Basavanna 703, speak of strong sense of gender equality and community bond, willing to wage war for the right cause, yet being a fellow "devotees' bride" at the time of their need. [22]
Jacinta Kerketta (born 3 August 1983) is an Indian Hindi-language journalist, poet and activist. [1] Her poetry and journalism discusses the Adivasi identity of youth, protests against the systemic oppression of Adivasis in India, gender-based violence, especially against women, displacement and questions the state apathy of governance. [2]
Mannu Bhandari (3 April 1931 – 15 November 2021) was an Indian author, screenplay writer, teacher, and playwright. Primarily known for her two Hindi novels, Aap Ka Bunty (Your Bunty) and Mahabhoj (Feast), Bhandari also wrote over 150 short stories, several other novels, screenplays for television and film, and adaptations for theater.
Like their feminist counterparts all over the world, feminists in India seek gender equality: the right to work for equality in wages, the right to equal access to health and education, and equal political rights. [1] Indian feminists also have fought against culture-specific issues within India's patriarchal society, such as inheritance laws.
Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1]