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'''Namdeo Laxman Dhasal''' (15 February 1949 – 15 January 2014) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] poet, writer and [[Dalit]] activist from [[Maharashtra]], India. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1999<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Sahitya Akademi]] in 2004. | '''Namdeo Laxman Dhasal''' (15 February 1949 – 15 January 2014) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] poet, writer and [[Dalit]] activist from [[Maharashtra]], India. He was one of the founders of the Dalit Panthers in 1972, a social movement aimed at destroying caste hierarchy in Indian society. The movement was active in the 1970s and the 1980s during which time it popularised the usage of the term dalit in India. Dhasal was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1999<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Sahitya Akademi]] in 2004. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Namdeo Dhasal was born in 1949, in the village of Pur in [[Khed taluka]], [[Poona]], [[India]]. He and his family moved to Mumbai when he was six. A member of the [[Mahar]] caste, he grew up in dire poverty.<ref name="Frontline" /> He was a [[Buddhist]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYInC70BSEgC&q=Raja+Dhale+buddhist&pg=PA96|title=Religious Converts in India: Socio-political Study of Neo-Buddhists|first1=Ranjit Kumar|last1=De|first2=Uttara|last2=Shastree|date=4 October 1996|publisher=Mittal Publications|via=Google Books|isbn=9788170996293}}</ref> | Namdeo Dhasal was born in 1949, in the village of Pur in [[Khed taluka]], [[Poona]], [[India]]. He and his family moved to Mumbai when he was six. A member of the [[Mahar]] caste, he grew up in dire poverty.<ref name="Frontline">{{cite web |date=7 February 2014 |title=Voice of the oppressed |url=http://www.frontline.in/other/obituary/voice-of-the-oppressed/article5601445.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203194846/http://www.frontline.in/other/obituary/voice-of-the-oppressed/article5601445.ece |archive-date=3 February 2014 |access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref> He was a [[Buddhist]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYInC70BSEgC&q=Raja+Dhale+buddhist&pg=PA96|title=Religious Converts in India: Socio-political Study of Neo-Buddhists|first1=Ranjit Kumar|last1=De|first2=Uttara|last2=Shastree|date=4 October 1996|publisher=Mittal Publications|via=Google Books|isbn=9788170996293}}</ref> | ||
Following the example of the American [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] movement, he founded the [[Dalit Panther]] movement with friends in 1972. This social movement worked for the reconstruction of society on the basis of the [[Jyotirao Phule|Phule]], [[Shahu of Kolhapur|Shahu]], and [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar]] movements.<ref name="Frontline" /> | Following the example of the American [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] movement, he founded the [[Dalit Panther]] movement with friends in 1972. This social movement worked for the reconstruction of society on the basis of the [[Jyotirao Phule|Phule]], [[Shahu of Kolhapur|Shahu]], and [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar]] movements.<ref name="Frontline" /> | ||
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==Activism== | ==Activism== | ||
In 1982, cracks began to appear in the Dalit Panther movement. Ideological disputes began to eclipse the common goal of liberation. Dhasal wanted to engender a mass movement and widen the term ''Dalit'' to include all oppressed people, but the majority of his comrades insisted on maintaining the exclusivity of their organization. | In 1982, (not 1982 it is 1972 Ref Dalit Panthar Ek Sangharsh by Dhasal Editing suggessin by anil Mhatre ) cracks began to appear in the Dalit Panther movement. Ideological disputes began to eclipse the common goal of liberation. Dhasal wanted to engender a mass movement and widen the term ''Dalit'' to include all oppressed people, but the majority of his comrades insisted on maintaining the exclusivity of their organization. | ||
Dhasal's illness and alcoholism overshadowed the following years, during which he wrote very little. In the 1990s, he became politically active again. | Dhasal's illness and alcoholism overshadowed the following years, during which he wrote very little. In the 1990s, he became politically active again. | ||
Dhasal | In 2001, he made a presentation at the first [[Berlin International Literature Festival]].<ref name="Frontline" /> | ||
Dhasal was one of the founding members and part of the 10-member national presidium of the [[Republican Party of India]], which was formed under leadership of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]] in 1952 by merger of all leading Dalit parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dalit-fury-blame-it-on-failed-leaders/articleshow/660591.cms|title=Dalit Fury : Blame it on Leaders|website=economictimes.com|access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref> | |||
==Literary style== | ==Literary style== | ||