Girls holding a court, standing against the United Kingdom or opposing dictates by taking books to read the protagonist in today’s children’s books is very fierce and strong, ready to be taken in the world than waiting to be saved by Prince Charming.
Underlining the need to create space for strong women’s character, writer Anitha Murthy said that this acted as a strong influence on the young mind.
Venita Coelho goes further to be added, “a child who hears the story where he is strong and the story center, stepping into the world feels he plays a role.
So it is very important we have strong female characters.
The characters they admire in the story are the characters they will Try to be, and we need a stronger woman in the world.
There are so many feminist battles to win and our children need to fight them, “he said.
Murthy and Coelho are part of the panel discussion about the need for strong women’s characters in children’s books at Times Litfest on Wednesday.
The author is’ strong like fire, fierce like the fire of the Kelkar added that treating women as strong and able to lead to respect and finally an understanding of the agreement among girls and boys.
But how someone wrote a female character without knocking down the character of the man, asking Sutapa Basu who sowed the session.
Kelarn said that he tried to describe the character of men as those who were not afraid to show emotions and support for women in their lives.
Coelho also shows that imagination continues to be colonized by Western literature, and is important to introduce them to the stories and ideas of India that they can identify.