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BOOK EXCERPT An all new way to read Jotiba Phule’s book rejecting brahmin superiority The Maharashtrian social reformer’s rousing manifesto against caste exploitation has been turned into a modern graphic novel. Srividya Natarajan and Aparajita Ninan · Yesterday · 01:30 pm In 1873, Jotiba Phule (1827-1890) wrote Gulamgiri (Slavery) and dedicated it to the good people of United States of America for their battle against slavery. Phule believed, likewise, in the emancipation of “shudras and atishudras” in the subcontinent and wrote a scathing attack on the vedas being idle fantasies of the brahman mind. A hundred and forty years later, Srividya Natarajan and Aparajita Ninan re-envision Phule’s imagination, weaving the story of his partner Savitribai into his struggles, in the form of a graphic novel titled A Gardener in the Wasteland. Excerpts: [Visit the site] Excerpted with permission from A Gardener in the Wasteland: Jotiba Phule’s Fight for Liberty, story by Srividya Natarajan, art by Aparajita Ninan, Navayana Publishing. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
