LITERATURE AS A SITE OF ACTIVISM

In the study Literature as a Site of Activism: A Select Study of Women Writing in India an attempt is made to bring the well known contemporary women writers who are very much part of the mainstream society. These women writers use their fictional as well as their non-fictional writings to exhibit their activist concern. They use their writings to criticize certain social happenings. Though the writers hail from different parts of our country the issues raised by them in their writings unify them. Their concern over various issues is discussed in a particular sense here.