Transgression of Boundaries: Women of IPTA

One of the most significant aspects of IPTA has been the participation of women in it. The journeys  of most of the women to IPTA have been through their political path. After joining IPTA, the women  political workers also became cultural activists/performers. What is significant is that  women from ‘respectable’ sections of society, who till then had shunned perform- ance, became  performers in IPTA. How does one see these journeys of women in IPTA from the gender perspective?  Did their journeys mark trans- gression of patriarchal boundaries? This is the main concern of this  presen- tation. However patriarchal transgression only makes meaning if one looks at the parameters  defined for women.