VIDYA BAL

Feb. 6, 2020

Stalwart social activist, feminist writer and journalist Vidya Bal, who was a tireless crusader for gender equality, passed away at the age of 83.

About:

Vidya Bal (1938 – 2020) was a Marathi feminist writer/editor from Maharashtra, India.
She joined the editorial staff of monthly Stree (‘Woman’) 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 (‘All of us together’) in 1989.
She launched social platforms such as the Naari Samata Manch, started awareness campaigns and personally toured villages to awaken society to women’s issues.
She filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court in 2016 demanding the enforcement of a law for granting women the right to enter various places of worship.
The biography Kamlaki and novel Valvantatil Vat are famous.