The book 'Stri Purush Tulana' (A Comparison of Women and Men), published in 1882, was written by:

"Stri Purush Tulana" ("A Comparison between Women and Men") is an essay written in Marathi by Tarabai Shinde and published in 1882. It is regarded as one of the first modern feminist texts written by an Indian woman.

About the book:

• Tarabai wrote it in response to a newspaper report about a young Brahmin widow, Vijayalakshmi, who was sentenced to death (later changed to transportation for life) in Surat for killing her illegitimate child.
• She argued that society blamed and punished women while ignoring the faults and cruelty of men.
• She criticised the patriarchal social system, the double standards of morality, the ill-treatment of widows, and the way religious texts were used to control women.
• The book was strongly criticised when it was published, and it was largely forgotten until it was rediscovered by scholars in the 20th century.

About Tarabai Shinde (1850-1910):

• She was born in Buldhana, in the Berar region (now in Maharashtra).
• Her father was a member of the Satyashodhak Samaj, the reform society founded by Jyotirao Phule.
• Phule praised her book and supported her work.

Other early women writers and reformers in Maharashtra:

• Savitribai Phule: India's first woman teacher; co-founder, with Jyotirao Phule, of the first girls' school in Pune (1848); poetry collection "Kavya Phule".
• Pandita Ramabai: "The High-Caste Hindu Woman" (1887); founded the Arya Mahila Samaj and the Mukti Mission.
• Anandibai Joshi: India's first woman doctor trained in Western medicine (1886).

Women writers elsewhere in India:

• Rassundari Devi (Bengal): "Amar Jiban" (1876), the first autobiography by an Indian woman.
• Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (Bengal): "Sultana's Dream" (1905).

Why not the other options?

• ✗Savitribai Phule wrote "Kavya Phule".
• ✗Pandita Ramabai wrote "The High-Caste Hindu Woman".
• ✗Rassundari Devi wrote "Amar Jiban".