Background
She was daughter of Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar.
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Girijabai Kelkar
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Career
The performance of her play led to many debates about women"s rights and the concept of gender roles. She was president of 23rd Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Sammelan (All-India Marathi Theatre Meet) of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad held in 1928 at Pune. She was a prolific writer who promoted Marathi language and literature.
She started Bhagini Mandal, a women"s organisation in Jalgaon.
According to her, play Purushanche Banda was written to "counteract the effects of vilification of Indian women" by Khadilkar"s play Striyancha Band. The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature describes her work as inspired by Apte.
Her work describes "women"s suffering in the frame work of family life, moderately protesting against social injustice".
