Feminism in the view of tamil women writers

Feminism is a movement which intends to solve the problems of women in all spheres of life. Through feminism significant change can be brought about in politics, culture, economy, spirituality etc at world level. Feminism does not mean ensuring the rights of women. It means readically changing the society for the betterment of all the human beings. Women are very much oppressed in society, office and family. Mutual understanding of men and women in all dimensions is indispensable to foil the insult and injustice meted out to the women fold to a significant extent. Feminism refers to the struggle of women for equal rights in a peaceful way. Bama’s first noval Karukku is the first Dalit Novel in Tamil literature. Women endowed with education along can come out from the darkness of ignorance to the radiant light of radical thoughts. Only such women can ignite the spark of reformation in the women oppressed society. This is the consensus of the Tamil women writers.