“We must give up the belief that a married life of complete service to a man is our only fate. We must change this attitude that if married life turns out to be a perpetual hell, we must still grit our teeth and endure it for a lifetime. We must bring up our girls to think in these new ways from an early age. We should educate boys and girls alike, showing no difference between them as they grow into adults. We should give our girls the freedom we give our boys. If we rear our children like this from the time they are babies, women will reveal their strength. Then there will come a day when men and women will live as one, with no difference between them; with equal rights. Then injustices, violence, and inequalities will come to an end, and the saying will come true that ‘Women can make and women can break.’

I am hopeful that such a time will come soon.”

--Bama’s Sangati (Events) Translated from Tamil by Lakshmi Holmstrom.

Bama : The one who dared! (Oh, cliche! Wish I would be able to write about Bama's works)