Give three examples of women of conservative families who began to reading, writing in secrecy.
Ans.
1. Rashsundri Debi a young married girl of a very orthodox family learnt to read in secrecy of her kitchen and wrote her autobiography- ‘Amar Jiban’ in 1876.
2. Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai from Maharashtra wrote books and highlighted the miserable lives of widow in upper caste Hindu families.
3. Kailaishbashini Debi wrote books about painful experiences how women had to go through in their families and imprisoned at home.