 Most of her writings marked a spirited protest both for men and women, against the inequality and injustice stemming from the gender-based discrimination and narrowness of outlook ingrained in traditional Hindu society.Ashapurna Devi's stories lay threadbare the oppression women have to face and made a fervent appeal for a new social order, though not subscribing to the modern theoretical feminism of western mode.Her magnum opus, the trilogy "Pratham Pratishruti" (1964), "Subarnolata" (1967) and "Bakul Katha" (1974), symbolises an endless struggle for women to achieve equal rights.