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What everyone gets wrong about varna system
It is very common for academics and public commentators to label a particular caste as Shudra, Vaishya or Kshatriya. I…
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’The Phule We Remember’ is out in the world
The memories in the book were composed in the late 1920s on the request of Pandharinath Patil — the Satyashodhak…
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Contemporary art too is entangled with caste: Yogesh Barve
Anti-caste thought does not seek inclusion. It seeks annihilation of caste itself. And it does not need saviours, not from…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by Gyanoba Krishnaji Sasane – 2
I used to address Mahatma Phule as Tatyasaheb. Tatyasaheb would frequently take up contractual work through the government. Earlier, there…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by Tukaram Hanumantrao Pinjan
Jotirao delivered lectures not only in Pune but also outside the city. Dhondiram, Vithoba Guthal, Gyanoba Zagade, and others would…
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The ‘Justice for Rohith’ movement showed the potential of digital activism
When the political establishment and mainstream news media was busy labeling Rohith as an anti-national and discussing his caste identity,…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by Gajananrao Ganpatrao Phule
Anyone who wished to be a part of Satya Samaj would be asked by Jotirao to lift the plate of…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by Sambha Bhaguji Hamand
He was highly vigilant about our punctuality in school, our progress in studies and so on. We were not allowed…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by K. A. Keluskar
The Mahatma read aloud his article ‘Asud’ at the meeting. I don’t remember the entire text but the highlight for…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by H. A. Talcherkar
When the S.P. refused to act, he immediately took him along to meet the Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Mr. Souter,…
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