MAHATMA PHULE AND WOMEN
Mahatma Phule and Women’s Empowerment.
Mr. Kailas Ratilal Chavhan.
Email-kls_chavhan@yahoo.co.in
Introduction:
Three precious Persons are known as Mahatma in India. At First Mahatma Gandhi, Presently, Anna Hazare and Mahatma Jyotirao Phule. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule was one of the leading exponents of modem gentle, kind and caring human thought in India. Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, notes him as "the father of Indian social revolution". The Public of Indian Society was Traditional, motionless and lethargic. He was the reformer who went to the cause of the problems and preached an ideology that would create a new and integrated social structure. He had the courage to be inspired by modern thought. He was one of the first Indians to forcefully introduce the values of freedom, equality and fraternity, as proclaimed by the French Revolution, into the Indian way of thinking.India had another social evil, which allowed no scope for social progress or development, and that was the caste system which determined the social standing at birth—the highest caste being the Brahmins and the lowest, the untouchables or the Mahars, Mangs, Chambhars, Dhers, etc. The Brahmins formed the priestly class, who imparted religious instruction with the help of religious texts known as Srutis, Smritis and Puranas. A Brahmin was considered the most holy person. The remaining castes came between the two extremes of pure and impure.
According to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, The Brahmins reigned supreme owing to the blind acceptance of their caste superiority. So deep-rooted was this belief in the caste system that a Hindu felt polluted even if the shadow of an’ untouchable’ fell on him. It was believed that one could cleanse one’s sins by giving alms to a Brahmin or by drinking the water obtained by washing the feet of a priest. The latter custom still prevails in some regions of India. The Brahmin community ensured that women remained uneducated and
Mr. Kailas Ratilal Chavhan.
Email-kls_chavhan@yahoo.co.in
Introduction:
Three precious Persons are known as Mahatma in India. At First Mahatma Gandhi, Presently, Anna Hazare and Mahatma Jyotirao Phule. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule was one of the leading exponents of modem gentle, kind and caring human thought in India. Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, notes him as "the father of Indian social revolution". The Public of Indian Society was Traditional, motionless and lethargic. He was the reformer who went to the cause of the problems and preached an ideology that would create a new and integrated social structure. He had the courage to be inspired by modern thought. He was one of the first Indians to forcefully introduce the values of freedom, equality and fraternity, as proclaimed by the French Revolution, into the Indian way of thinking.India had another social evil, which allowed no scope for social progress or development, and that was the caste system which determined the social standing at birth—the highest caste being the Brahmins and the lowest, the untouchables or the Mahars, Mangs, Chambhars, Dhers, etc. The Brahmins formed the priestly class, who imparted religious instruction with the help of religious texts known as Srutis, Smritis and Puranas. A Brahmin was considered the most holy person. The remaining castes came between the two extremes of pure and impure.
According to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, The Brahmins reigned supreme owing to the blind acceptance of their caste superiority. So deep-rooted was this belief in the caste system that a Hindu felt polluted even if the shadow of an’ untouchable’ fell on him. It was believed that one could cleanse one’s sins by giving alms to a Brahmin or by drinking the water obtained by washing the feet of a priest. The latter custom still prevails in some regions of India. The Brahmin community ensured that women remained uneducated and