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On the anniversary of its publication, Omprakash Kashyap treats the text ‘Gulamgiri’ as the culmination of Jotirao Phule’s lifelong mission to educate the Shudras-Atishudras and outlines its content

At the Phules’ home and neighbourhood, we were able to see up close the physical remains of the life and struggle of the couple. The visit was immensely satisfying but we were left a little unsettled by the official apathy to preserving the place where one of the builders of modern India lived and worked

He showed to the world, especially to the promoters and the practitioners of casteism in India, what an Untouchable could achieve if he is given the opportunity. He became a living proof of the good sense in granting reservations to the historically disadvantaged in Indian society

Savitribai’s contribution to literature and culture was no less than her seminal role in the social arena. She was an excellent poet. Her poetry enriches OBC literature, writes Janardan Gond

In a city like Pune, which was in the stranglehold of brahmanical beliefs, Savitribai not only completed her education braving all odds but also took the bold initiative for teaching girls. Sujata Parmita sheds light on her lasting legacy

Savitribai’s life is a lesson in rare courage and integrity, writes Lalitha Dhara. The historic handicaps of caste, class and gender in 19th-century Maharashtra could not restrain or subdue her indomitable spirit

In the aspect of practising what he preached on feminism, Jotiba Phule dwarfs all other Indian reformers including Gandhi and Ambedkar. Tell me of one other leader who educated his illiterate wife to become a learned life partner in the work of social reform