DiscoverResearch Radio#23: Revisiting Jotirao Phule’s Theory and Practice That Challenge Brahminism
#23: Revisiting Jotirao Phule’s Theory and Practice That Challenge Brahminism

#23: Revisiting Jotirao Phule’s Theory and Practice That Challenge Brahminism

Update: 2021-04-111
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"Hindu culture and the caste system," writes Gail Omvedt in her EPW article on Jotirao Phule in 1971 "rested upon Brahmanism; hence Phule, who aimed for the complete destruction of caste, superstition and inequality  within Indian tradition, linked his thought with a movement of opposition to the Brahman elite." On Phule’s birth anniversary, we’ll  discuss his writing on caste, class, and gender relations in South Asia  and importantly, the methods he used to counter Brahmanism and patriarchy in collaboration with his co-traveller and wife Savitribai Phule.


Tejas Harad joins us on Research Radio to discuss his engagement and research primarily on Jotirao Phule. Tejas has worked at EPW since 2013 as a copy-editor and regularly contributes to multiple news publications in his individual capacity. We will also partially focus on Savitribai Phule, but this episode does not cover the depth of her  work. Last year, Tejas started a bilingual journal called the Satyashodhak to make the Satyashodhak Samaj archive more accessible to people but the portal's focus is not limited to that, in his words.


A few articles on the Jotirao Phule and related topics:



Audio courtesy: The last ones by Jahzzar [CC BY-SA 3.0].

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#23: Revisiting Jotirao Phule’s Theory and Practice That Challenge Brahminism

#23: Revisiting Jotirao Phule’s Theory and Practice That Challenge Brahminism

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