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Jotirao Phule: Shetkaryaca Asud (Part 9)

by rti_adminon February 22, 2012March 20, 20230

Translated by Gail Omvedt and Bharat Patankar Well. These days the farmers have to subsist on a bit of leftover bhakri with some red chutney for breakfast; at noon fresh bhakris with some cooked balls of lentils or weak sauce of spiced lentils; at night some jawar or corn granules soaked in clear dal juice; in between, occasionally …

Dalitbahujan Renaissance

Jotirao Phule: Shetkaryaca Asud (Introduction)

by rti_adminon November 29, 2010March 20, 20230

Translated by Gail Omvedt and Bharat Patankar A brief introduction to Phule: Jotirao Phule (1827-1890) is considered a founder not only of the anti-caste movement; in Maharashtra he is also looked upon as father of the farmers’ movement, the women’s movement, and a bahujan-oriented environmental movement. He was born in a Mali (gardener jati) …