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Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri
First Published on: 11 Apr 2016On his 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11, we bring to you excerpts from Jyotiba Phule’s path breaking work, severely criticising Brahminism and the Caste...
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