Print and the Poor People


 
 
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Print and the Poor People

Print and the Poor People: From the late 19th century issues of the caste discrimination began to be written about in many printed tracts and Essays Jyotiba Phule the Maratha pioneer of " Low Caste " protests movement wrote about the in justices of the caste systems in his Gulamgiri (1871). In Madras, towns of 19th century, very cheap small books were brought to markets and sold at crossroads, so the poor people could purchase them.

Some public libraries were set up from the early 20th century in cities and towns and sometimes in prosperous villages. Another Kanpur milkworker, Sudarshan Chakr published his poems in a collection called ‘Sacchi Kavitayan’. In l930s, in Bangalore, cotton mill worker set up libraries to educate themselves . These were sponsored by the social reformers who tried to restrict excessive drinking among them , to bring literacy and sometimes to propagate the message of Nationalism . 

 
 


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