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Kaavya Phule: a collection of poems

Kaavya Phule: a collection of poems

Phule, Savitribai
Redican Chakne, Priyamwada

Paperback

Indian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1471065081
ISBN13: 9781471065088
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Dec 18 2022
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This collection of poems is Savitribai Phule's hagiography in verse or you can say - especially if you read the original Marathi - in song. Many of the poems are written in the form of ovis that are meant to be sung. It is a little known fact that Savitribai was a poet of great substance, a master of her craft. When one considers the other, more celebrated accomplishments of her life - her pioneering of education for women and the lower castes and the very difficult times of nineteenth century India - her voice is truly astounding. Here is a woman who went door-to-door convincing Shudras and Dalits to send their daughters to school, a woman who was pelted with stones and cow-dung in doing this duty towards her people, a woman who not only kept her chin up but also her heart open through all of it. Here is, in the truest sense, a saint.

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