Answer:
Print culture affected the lives of women in India as given below
(i) Lives and feelings of women began to be written about extensively, increasing women's readership enormously in middle-class homes.
(ii) Liberal husbands and fathers began educating their womenfolk at home, and sent them to women's schools when they were set up.
(iii) Many journals began carrying writings by women, and explained why women should be educated.
(iv) Writings by women like 'Amar Jiban', an autobiography by Rashsundari Debt, and tales highlighting women's experiences inhouseholds by Kailashbashini Debt were published.
(v) In 1926, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein, a noted educationist and literary figure, strongly condemned men for withholding education from women in the name of religion.
OR
Novels became popular among women in India because
(i) The novels allowed for a new conception of womanhood. Stories of love showed women who could choose or refuse their partners and
relationships. It showed women who could to some extent control their lives.
(ii) Novels took women away from their harsh real conditions of life into a world of fantasy where anything could happen.
(iii) The novels were a source of entertainment to older illiterate women, as they were read out to them by their grandchildren.
(iv) Some novels, like 'Sultana's Dream' by Rokeya Hossein, transported them to a topsy-turvy world in which women take the place of men. This novel was much enjoyed by women.
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