Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac celebrates women's writing

Thiruvananthapuram: This year's Kerala budget was full of quotes of women writers as gender budgeting was one of its major components. They include Lalithambika Antharjanam, Balamaniyamma, Sugathakumari, Amrita Pritam, Jayasree Mishra, P. Valsala, Sarah Joseph, Sarah Thomas, B.M. Suhara, Gracy, Savithri Rajeevan, Vijayalakshmi, K. R. Meera, Sr Mary Benigna, Rajalekshmi and Dr Khadeeja Mumtaz.  

There is also a reference to the first women surgeon in India Dr Mary Punnen Lukose and social activist Sunitha Narayanan. However, the interesting fact was young writers like Dona Mayoora, Dhanya MD, Indu Menon and Bilu C. Narayanan.   Even tenth grader NP Sneha’s instant take on the kitchen at Yuvajanolsavam competition finds a mention.