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Satyashodhak Samaj: Modern India’s first organised challenge to Brahmanism

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Sonali Kale 2 Comments Brahmnism, caste, Jotirao Phule, Satyashodhak Samaj

Satyashodhak Samaj was a revolutionary organisation founded by lower caste activists under the leadership of Jotirao Phule. On the 147th anniversary of its foundation, Sonali Kale writes about the ideology, work and spread of the organisation.

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Jotirao Phule on why he started a school for Dalits

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 The Satyashodhak Staff 2 Comments Dalits, education, History, Jotirao Phule

[This news item was published in Dnyanoday on 15 September 1853. It has been reprinted in the 2006 edition of

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Descendants of a storm

April 20, 2020May 3, 2020 Baba Adhav 1 Comment Baba Adhav, Chandrabhagabai, Jotirao Phule, Laxmi, Radhabai

Baba Adhav tells the story of Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s descendants with Phule’s daughter-in-law Radha aka Chandrabhaga as the protagonist of this story. This is a heartbreaking story of a woman who was spurned by all for no faults of hers.