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Phule: A Cinematic Ode to Social Reform in a Polarized India

neeraj bunkar

Neeraj Bunkar Phule—a film directed by Ananth Mahadevan faced significant opposition from Brahmanical ideologues. The film chronicles the revolutionary lives of Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule, whose fight against caste oppression and gender inequality remains strikingly relevant. A Historical Canvas with Contemporary Resonance The film opens in 1897, Poona, during the bubonic plague, with an elderly …

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Millennials and Jotiba Phule

pavan kumar shinde

  Pavankumar Shinde 300, the movie The Hollywood movie, which depicts how 300 Spartan soldiers fought hard with thousands of Persian troops, arrived in 2006. It was such a popular movie among the youth of India. 137 years ago, in 1883, Jotiba (Krantiba) Phule had in the book ‘Shetkaryancha Asud’ (‘Cultivators Whipcord’) written that the …

Gender

The Origin of Dalit Feminist Literature: Mukta Salve, the First Voice of Dalit Feminism

mukta salve

  Shivani Waldekar 165 years ago, one young Dalit girl strongly criticised brahminical hegemony and the hierarchal oppressive social structure. She questioned and critically examined caste, class, gender and religion and that empirical data continues to remain very relevant today, as they were in 1855. She strongly believed that education is the only path which …