The Road Less Traveled : The Life and Writings of Vinodinee Neelkanth

Author: Aparna BasuShailaja Kalelkar Parikh/Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Jagadeep Parikh/Shailaja Kalelkar Parikh etcPublisher: StreeYear: 2009Language: EnglishPages: 320ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185604711 DescriptionVinodinee Neelkanth, whose life spanned most of the twentieth century (1907-1987), was in today’s language an empowered woman who lived her life according to her own beliefs and convictions. Born into one of the leading reformist families of Gujarat, she made bold and unconventional choices in her life and she began writing in 1928. Whereas her essays are milestones in Gujarati Literature, her short stories and novel focused mainly on women. Most of her journalistic writings aimed at encouraging women to speak up for themselves. Insofar as she strove to give women a sense of identity, she may be regarded as a precursor of feminist literature of Gujarat.The first part of the volume is a brief biography of Vinodinee Neelkanth, placing her life and writing in a historical persp