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J.V. Pawar: Why I wrote ‘Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History’

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इन कारणों से मैंने लिखा ‘दलित पैंथर का आधिकारिक इतिहास’ : ज. वि. पवार

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About The Author

J.V. Pawar

J.V. Pawar is a poet and novelist who co-founded the Dalit Panther and served as its general secretary. He is best known for his 1969 novel 'Balidaan' and 'Naakebandi' his 1976 collection of poems, since translated and published in English as 'Blockade'. Among his many books, he has devoted himself to documenting and analyzing the post-Ambedkar Dalit movements in several volumes. A lifelong Ambedkarite, Pawar has been involved in several Dalitbahujan social and political movements in Maharashtra

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