It was a time when the evils of the caste system cast a nasty shadow over Kerala. The ‘avarnas,’ as the low castes were called, lived on the fringes of a society that found their very shadow also polluting. It was at such a time that Narayana was born. As a child, he shocked …
The specialty of learned people in India is that they consider it their duty to make that knowledge readily available to everyone, not keeping their original wealth of knowledge limited to themselves. And after many years, society considers such great persons as sants. One such Sant was born in Maharashtra, whom people know by …
“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely …
Literature is a tool that is a subtle analytical study of the states of many emotions like birth, death, happiness, sorrow, behaviour, thought, action, culture. Every writer has contributed to the world of literature. Annabhau Sathe is one such extraordinary personality in Marathi literature. However, Annabhau Sathe, who had no educational or ideological legacy, …
The Ghatge family of Kagal province was a well-known family among the courtiers of Adilshaha. In this family, on 26 June 1874, a son was born to the ruler of this family, Jayasinghrao a.k.a Abasaheb Ghatge and Radhabai. That boy was named ‘Yashwantrao.’ He later gained fame in history as Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj. At that …