guwahati women writers in assam are slowly coming up to match their male counterparts this comes from no other than sahitya akademi award winner chandana goswami however there are social and domestic constraints which prevent them from devoting more time to literature and make full use of their potential there was a time when the entire literary scenario of the state was maledominated but now its is different more women writers are coming up to express their feelings through books and literature she said young female writers are coming up who mainly write on issues related to women it is not about the society being male or femaledominated what matters most is the writing if a book is good nobody can prevent it from being successful she said the award winning author condemned incidents like witch hunting domestic violence dowry system and other issues which are increasing rapidly she insisted that people should change their mindset and the society should respect women more now what we observe is that a woman attacks another woman she said but added that a women writer can be more expressive and add a perspective than male writers because most of them stay at home and have more time to think and observe things more minutely rita choudhury also a sahitya akademi award winner in assamese literature agreed with goswami the women writers in assam are increasing and they are ready to face all challenges the present scenario of women writers in the state is positive she said she said women writers always received a prominent place in assamese literature choudhury was concerned at the degradation of the society now what is happening with women is very complicated the mindset of the society needs to change to address such issues she said writer rani gohain said the writers work under many barriers and they have to face lots of challenges the number is going up but the number is still low renowned naga writer susan waten said i basically write books on circumstances and culture i analyse things universally instead of looking individually i as a women writer never felt dominated nowadays women writers are giving tough competition to male writers despite several constraints