Paper short abstract:

The oppression, silencing, marginalization, rape, alienation & abduction of Women in private & public spaces during both war & peace are focused in most of Women’s Writings & their fervent Social Activism. This remains a basic Human Rights Issue for urgent redressal for the development of societies.

Paper long abstract:

Women, especially in developing and underdeveloped countries have suffered the brunt of highly ruthless and unjust practices of Patriarchic and Imperialistic societies. Women's Poetic Writings, evoke with veracity, the suppressed agony of inhuman subjugation. These literary texts from Vedic to contemporary times must be heard and studied as significant indices for anthropological and cultural mappings. The pioneering social consciousness of such Women Authors helps toward the elimination of unequal socio-political, economic practices with remedial action against continuous injustice and historical imbalances. Mary Collins of Canada had stated during the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1994 that "We must spread our conviction that equality for women is not just a bonus during good economic times but a primary pre-requisite for good economic times". The Indian poet Kamala Das writes about urgent necessity for establishing the identity of a woman in an egalitarian society, which still remains an elusive ideal: "Why not leave me alone? / ---- Why not let me speak in any language I like? / The language I speak / Becomes mine / It voices my joys, my longings, my hopes / It is human speech / Dress in sarees, be girl / Be wife, they said / ---- It is time to choose a name, a role. /---- I have no joys which are not yours, / No aches which are not yours. I too call myself I". It is time that we heard women speak and act for ushering in a better world.