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Explain the contribution of women writers on the writing of novels in India.

Rokeya Hossein (1880-1932) was a reformer who, after she was widowed, started a girl’s school in Calcutta. She wrote a satiric fantasy in English called Sultana’s Dream (1905) which shows a topsy- turvy world in which women take the place of men. Her novel Padmarag also showed the need for women to reform their condition by their own actions. Ghosh Jaya, a popular novelist, could only write because her husband protected her. The medium of the novel made room for the experiences of communities that had not received much space in the literary scene earlier.

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i.In the earlier stages women began writing stories, poems etc.ii.In early 20th century, women in South India began writing novels.iii.Their writings allowed for a new conception of womanhood.iv.Stories of love showed women who could choose or refuse, their partners andrelationships.v.Some women authors wrote about the women who changed the world of both menand women.vi.Any other relevant point
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