DHYASPARVA
Sapre, Madhuvanti
THE TALE OF TWELVE SPIRITS, WHO FOUGHT WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT AGAINST THE MANY ATROCITIES THAT WOMEN HAD TO FACE. EACH FOUGHT A DIFFERENT BATTLE, NEVERTHELESS, THEY ALL HAD TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. SIX OF THESE WOMEN WERE BORN IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY WHILE SIX OF THEM WERE BORN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MAA ANNAPURNADEVI WAS FROM UTTAR PRADESH. SHILAVATI KETKAR WAS A FOREIGNER WHO EMBRACED HINDUISM AND THE REMAINING ...