Picture this: Pune, 1848. A lavish upper-caste wedding baraat parades by, and Jyotirao Phule, a guest of honor, is forcibly ejected for his caste. Branded ‘Shudra,’ the insult fueled a …
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Indian Social Reform
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Few names evoke the spirit of 19th-century Bengal’s renaissance like Debendranath Tagore. Known reverentially as ‘Maharshi,’ this philosophical powerhouse not only preserved Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s revolutionary ideals but elevated …