Vidya Bal


Vidya Bal was a Marathi feminist writer/editor from Maharashtra, India. She was a social activist particularly in the area of equalization of the social status of women vis-à-vis men in India.

Biography

She joined the editorial staff of monthly Stree in 1964, and then worked from 1983 to 1986 as its full-time editor. After leaving the editorship of Stree, she founded monthly Miloon Saryajani in 1989. The web page http://www.miloonsaryajani.com/ contains her editorial describing her objectives in founding Miloon Saryajani.
The biography Kamlaki and novel Valvantatil Vat are famous.
Vidya Bal fought a legal battle in the High Court of Maharashtra for women getting the right to enter various places of worship. The High Court decided in favour of her Petipa on 1 April.

Literary works