Dupatta Podunga Thozhi
துப்பட்டா போடுங்க தோழி
Friend, Please Put On Dupatta
Tamil Nadu State Government grant for translation into Bengali
- ISBN
- 978-81-956505-0-7
- Pages
- 128
- Format
- Demy
- Genre
- Feminist nonfiction, essays
- Published in
- Tamil
- Rights available
- All languages
- Catalogue
- 2024
- English sample
- Yes, translated by J. Deepallakshmi
About the book
Dupatta Podunga Thozhi (Friend, please put on Dupatta*) is a compilation of 30 essays published in the Her Stories portal in 2021. The essays speak about important elements of feminism in the Indian context. The book exposes the male chauvinistic attitude of the society which controls women's bodies, their reproductive rights and their right to choose their life partner in order to protect religions and the caste system.
The book discusses day-to-day challenges faced by women of all ages; examines the roots and suggests appropriate solutions. Relevant aspects of feminism in the current scenario, the empathetic write-up with a subtle sense of humour, enrolling men to make them understand women's issues etc. make the book a pleasure to read. It also recommends ways to eradicate male domination in the existing family system.
E.V.R. Periyar's feminism, mothers' guilt, Women's compulsion to prove chastity every moment, A woman's income is her self-respect, Lets us get into politics ladies, Is motherhood her identity? Why female sterilization is insisted for birth control and not vasectomy... are some of the topics covered in the book.
*a length of material worn arranged in two folds over the chest and thrown back around the shoulders, typically with a salwar kameez, by women from India.
About the author
Geeta Ilangovan is a feminist, film director and writer. She was in Indian Information Service and took voluntary retirement to pursue her passion for mainstream cinema. Her remarkable documentaries include Maadhavidaai (Menses) - which talks about the social restrictions imposed on women, in connection with menstruation; another one Jaathigal Irukkedi Pappa (castes do exist dear) - dwells upon the plight of 'honour killing' victim. She writes regular columns in popular Tamil magazines. She conducts gender sensitisation sessions for school and college students. She is a part of Savitribai Phule Women Travel Group & Koodu Women Readers Forum and loves travelling, trekking & running marathons.
