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'''''Bhatkyachi Bhramanti''''' (Journey of a tramp<ref name="ET-20071121">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-11-21/news/28441541_1_police-stations-pramod-navalkar-shiv-sena-bjp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055517/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-11-21/news/28441541_1_police-stations-pramod-navalkar-shiv-sena-bjp|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|title=Pramod Navalkar passes away|date=2007-11-21|work=The Economic Times (online)|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|location=Mumbai|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref>) was a weekly [[column (periodical)|column]] by [[Pramod Navalkar]] using the [[pen name]] of "Bhatkya" in the Sunday edition of ''[[Navshakti]]'' that ran for a time-span of 52 years. It was first published on 2 December, 1956.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYiKAAAAMAAJ&q=Bhatkyachi+Bhramanti+|title=Assembly Elections, 1994-95: An Analysis and Results|last=Chowdhry|first=N. K.|date=1995|publisher=Shipra Publications|isbn=9788185402734|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kASYYjWFlEC&q=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80|title=Maharashtra Legislative Council Debates|last=Council|first=Maharashtra (India) Legislature Legislative|date=1973|publisher=Director, Government Print. and Stationery.|language=mr}}</ref> The time-span of the column has found a mention in [[Limca Book of Records]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeJtAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80|title=Limca Book of Records|date=2002|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Limited|language=en}}</ref>

In the column, Navalkar wrote about [[Street gang|criminal gangs]], gold [[smuggling]] rackets, [[prostitution]] dens, [[barmaid]]s and other ''societal malices (''in his opinion), often using disguises to gain entry into exclusive areas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950615-pramod-navalkar-aims-to-curb-surrogate-advertising-and-soft-porn-magazines-807412-1995-06-14|title=Pramod Navalkar aims to curb surrogate advertising and soft-porn magazines|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref><ref name="DNA-20051202" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_shiv-sena-leader-pramod-navalkar-passes-away_1134415|title=Shiv Sena leader Pramod Navalkar passes away {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2007-11-20|work=dna|access-date=2017-12-14|language=en-US}}</ref> Navalkar wrote free of charge.<ref name="DNA-20051202">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_for-pramod-navalkar-ink-still-flows_1000138|title=For Pramod Navalkar, ink still flows|last=Deshmukh|first=Smita|date=2005-12-02|work=Daily News and Analysis|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.|location=Mumbai|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> The column exposed shocking aspects of [[Mumbai]]'s nightlife.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/editorial/dhavte-jag/night-life-in-mumbai/articleshow/46268252.cms|title=रात्रीची मुंबई -Maharashtra Times|date=2015-02-17|work=Maharashtra Times|access-date=2017-11-26|language=mr}}</ref>

[[Ashish Rajadhyaksha]] is quoted in a [[doctoral thesis]] describing this column as an example of "territorial realism".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cscs.res.in/dataarchive/textfiles/turning-towards-the-bodily-subject-theorising-the-field-of-visibility-in-contemporary-india|title=Turning towards the bodily subject: Theorising the field of visibility in contemporary India|last=Vasudevan|first=Nitya|date=2014-01-19|website=Centre for study of culture and society, Manipal University|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Columns (periodical)]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in India]]

Bhatkyachi Bhramanti - Revision history

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