Bombay experience was not the only episode that troubled the soul of young Bheemrao. Everytime he interacted with people of other castes a new wound was inflicted on him.In one of those years some parts of Maharashtra suffered famine conditions. No rains came. Goregaon area was worst affected. The government departments started relief operations and […]
Sometimes Bheeva wondered if there could be a place on the earth where a Mahar boy were treated like a human being?One day Bheeva thought of Bombay (Mumbai) a big, very big city, the city of dreams, of rich, cultured and civilised people. There couldn’t be any untouchability there. He wanted to be there, just
One day a sympathetic teached decided to show the other boys that Mahar boy Bheemrao was as good as any of them. He asked Bheemrao to go to the black board and write the words he would dictate.Bheemrao felt elated at receiving the attention of the teacher. He got up and walked towards the blackboard
Meanwhile Bheemrao had grown up to the age when he must start learning letters. That was another worry for Ramjirao. There was no school in Dhapoli and the area around was upper caste dominated. No school there would admit a Mahar boy. If any school did, it would face the collective anger of entire upper
Army Subedar, Ramjirao came from Ambvade village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. He was a Mahar by caste. He had joined the Indian Army in 1877 when India was under the colonial rule of the British.At the end period of his military service Ramjirao was stationed at Mow cantonment in Central Province (Madhya Pradesh). He