MANY Indian women writers have defied the limits set by the âcategorizersâ over the years, exploring the inner worlds of women, giving a voice to the marginalised, bravely choosing to tell the tales that were suppressed or silenced by the dominant narrative. Their fiction and poetry give readers a chance to see women as complex, full-blooded individuals, not just shadowy creatures who suffer silently in a manâs world. More nuanced than reportage, far more empathetic than historyâs pages, their work traces the trajectory of womenâs experiences, their lived realities. If not for their writing, many age-old silences would still be stifling Indian women. If not for their writing, a host of uncomfortable truths buried under the veneer of propriety would still be festering in the dark.
âWomen were writing at all times, in all places, but their work was often not published,â says Urvashi Butalia, writer and publisher. âSometimes they hid it and on occasion, when it got published, they had to face so much oppositionâŠSome the early works include the Therigatha poems by Buddhist nuns; Stree Purush Tulana,Tarabai Shindeâs searing critique of patriarchy; Savitribai Phuleâs writings and poems and Telugu poet Muddupalaniâs wonderful book, RÄdhikÄ-sÄntvanam, on female desire.â
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