What was the attitude of liberal and conservative Indians towards women's reading?
What was the attitude of liberal and conservative Indians towards women's reading? How did woman like Kailashbashini Debi respond to this in her writings?
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(i) Liberal husbands and fathers began educating, their womenfolk at, home and sent them to schools.
(ii) Conservative Hindus believed that a literate girl would be widowed and Muslims feared that educated women would be corrupted by reading romantic books.
Kailashbashini Debi wrote books highlighting the experiences of women-how women were imprisoned at home, kept in ignorance, forced to do hard domestic labour.
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