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'''''Stri Purush Tulana''''' ([[Hindi]]:स्त्रीपुरुषतुलना) (A comparison between men and women) is a [[pamphlet]]/book written by [[feminist]] activist [[Tarabai Shinde]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://englishsummary.com/stri-purush-tulna-shinde/|title=Stri Purush Tulana Summary – Tarabai Shinde|date=10 March 2017|website=Englishsummary.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/LgKymlfRaYmiLw|title=Tarabai Shinde – Google Arts & Culture|publisher=Google Cultural Institute|accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref> Shinde was a writer born in the [[Berar Province|Berar]] province of [[Buldhana]] (present day [[Maharashtra]]) who protested against upper [[caste]] [[patriarchy]] and the [[caste system]] in India.<ref name="auto1"/> She was a member of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] and was also an associate of [[Savitribai Phule]] and [[Jyotirao Phule]]. The pamphlet was originally published in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] in 1882.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://asociologicalblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/an-analysis-of-tarabai-shindes-stri-purush-tulana-a-comparison-of-men-and-women/|title=An Analysis of Tarabai Shinde's Stri Purush Tulana (A Comparison of Men and Women)|date=5 June 2017|website=Asociologicalblog.wordpress.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref> The literary work is a [[critique]] of upper caste patriarchy and the gender and caste system in 19th century India. The material is also considered the first modern feminist text of India.<ref name="auto"/> Shinde questions the position of women in the society and their rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://englishsummary.com/stri-purush-tulana-analysis/|title=Tarabai Shinde Stri Purush Tulana Analysis|date=1 May 2017|website=Englishsummary.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref>

==Description and analysis==
Stri Purush Tulana was a reaction to a newspaper article in Pune Vaibhav, an [[orthodoxy|orthodox]] newspaper which supported the caste and gender system. The article was written attacking a young [[Brahmin]] widow Vijayalakshmi who was sentenced for execution for [[aborting]] her [[illegitimate]] child fearing public disgrace and [[ostracism]]. The article also criticized women in general, for their changing morals and behavior. Shinde reacted firmly against this through her work. Though the book received negative views from the society, Jyotirao Phule appreciated [[Tarabai Shinde|Shinde's]] work and also referenced it in his magazine, 'Satsar'

Stri Purush Tulana, when published in 1882, remained virtually unknown but later became known after it was republished in 1975 by S.G Malshe.<ref
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The book starts by Shinde questioning the Gods.

{{quote|"Let me ask you something, Gods! You are supposed to be omnipotent and freely accessible to all. You are said to be completely impartial. What does that mean? That you have never been known to be partial. But wasn't it you who created both men and women? Then why did you grant happiness only to men and brand women with nothing but agony? Your will was done! But poor women have had to suffer for it down the ages."'''''}}<ref>[https://books.google.ae/booksid=u297RJP9gvwC&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=stri+purush+tulana&source=bl&ots=dpFw7D2mIS&sig=Fr533FZqclLzuhK9KsSZXOOlf8Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5opzkiqzfAhU0RBUIHQEeC7UQ6AEwEXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=stri%20purush%20tulana&f=false] {{dead link|date=December 2018}}</ref>

The book also criticizes the [[caste system]], [[patriarchy]], denial of education to women, [[polygamy]], [[widow remarriage]] and many other practices which opposed women.

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