The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.
In his powerful deposition before the Hunter Commission in 1881, Jyotirao Phule urged the British government to open its eyes to a 'pernicious system of high-class education.'
Anant Mahadevan’s Hindi biopic on Jyotirao Phule is facing heat from Brahmin groups and the censor board. But for Dalits, it’s still a moment of anti-caste visibility.
Phule is portrayed as an ally of Brahmin reformists who fight against the orthodox members of their community rather than as a standalone non-Brahmin hero.
In ‘The Third Eye and Other Works’, Rohini Mokashi-Punekar looks back at Jotiba Phule's writings in education and contextualises them for the 21st century.
Phule challenged the society based on social inequality, injustice and exploitation, and formed an organisation of Bahujans called Satya Shodhak Samaj, writes Vinay Damodar
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And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.
And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.