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Vidya Bal (c. 12 January 1937 – 30 January 2020) was a
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feminist writer and editor from
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, 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'' (स्त्री) 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'' (मिळून सार्‍याजणी) in 1989. The web page http://www.miloonsaryajani.in/ 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 1899.


Literary works

* ''Sanwad'' (संवाद) * ''Katha Gaurichi'' (कथा गौरीची) * ''Tumachya Majhyasathi'' (तुमच्या माझ्यासाठी) * ''Aparajitanche Nihshwas'' (अपराजितांचे नि:श्वास) * ''Shodh Swatahacha'' (शोध स्वत:चा) * ''Kamalaki'' (कमलाकी) (Biography)


References

1930s births 2020 deaths Marathi-language writers Indian atheists Year of birth uncertain Indian feminist writers 20th-century Indian journalists 20th-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian journalists 21st-century Indian women journalists 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers {{India-writer-stub