Introduction
Savitribai Phule was probably first feminist philosopher in colonial India. She was not a typical passive Indian woman who blindly followed her husband. She is a Mother of women Education and vision of her philosophy is to give freedom to woman from so called Indian tradition. She was a courageous woman who stood by her husband and supported all his radical initiatives. She was a major figure of her time. She was revolutionary in her own right.
Savitribai Phule’s Writings:
• Kavya Phule – (1854) (Poetry’s Blossom) it is a historical document of the time. She consciously chose the traditional form of writing like abhang, which called a folk form. Her language is simple and effective. While some of her poems are basically nature …show more content…
Poem is a one of way of expression. Poem (Kavya) is a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery. Poem from Latin poēma, from Greek, variant of poiēma something composed, created, from poiein to make. Poem is a way of expression; it has emotional values but also has cognitive values as Savitribai Phule’s poems express both kinds of values. In her poems she addresses social issues like getting an English education, fighting against caste and gender discrimination and problem of …show more content…
Phule one of the “Mahatmas’ (Great Soul) of India, occupies a unique position among social reformers of Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. He was first teacher of oppressed, critic of orthodoxy in the social system after Buddha and a revolutionary. Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, rightly noted him as ‘the father of Indian social revolution.’ Women were always at the centre of Phule’s thought and action. His philosophical thinking on social and political issues was influenced by Christianity and American thinker Thomas Paine’s ideas of ‘Rights of Man’. Phule worked towards the abolition of untouchability and started educational institutions for untouchables in the second half of the 19th century. When Pandita Ramabai converted into Christianity, Phule defended her right to conversion. This had a gender aspect to him. He does not seem to have been particularly in favour of conversion as such but he certainly was in favour of any movement against Brahmanical orthodoxy. That a woman had asserted her right to move away from Brahmin orthodoxy and tyranny was important for
Savitribai Phule was probably first feminist philosopher in colonial India. She was not a typical passive Indian woman who blindly followed her husband. She is a Mother of women Education and vision of her philosophy is to give freedom to woman from so called Indian tradition. She was a courageous woman who stood by her husband and supported all his radical initiatives. She was a major figure of her time. She was revolutionary in her own right.
Savitribai Phule’s Writings:
• Kavya Phule – (1854) (Poetry’s Blossom) it is a historical document of the time. She consciously chose the traditional form of writing like abhang, which called a folk form. Her language is simple and effective. While some of her poems are basically nature …show more content…
Poem is a one of way of expression. Poem (Kavya) is a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery. Poem from Latin poēma, from Greek, variant of poiēma something composed, created, from poiein to make. Poem is a way of expression; it has emotional values but also has cognitive values as Savitribai Phule’s poems express both kinds of values. In her poems she addresses social issues like getting an English education, fighting against caste and gender discrimination and problem of …show more content…
Phule one of the “Mahatmas’ (Great Soul) of India, occupies a unique position among social reformers of Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. He was first teacher of oppressed, critic of orthodoxy in the social system after Buddha and a revolutionary. Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, rightly noted him as ‘the father of Indian social revolution.’ Women were always at the centre of Phule’s thought and action. His philosophical thinking on social and political issues was influenced by Christianity and American thinker Thomas Paine’s ideas of ‘Rights of Man’. Phule worked towards the abolition of untouchability and started educational institutions for untouchables in the second half of the 19th century. When Pandita Ramabai converted into Christianity, Phule defended her right to conversion. This had a gender aspect to him. He does not seem to have been particularly in favour of conversion as such but he certainly was in favour of any movement against Brahmanical orthodoxy. That a woman had asserted her right to move away from Brahmin orthodoxy and tyranny was important for