Ramesh Patange, Pragya Tiwari | Manuvad and Modernity | Jaipur Literature Festival
Manuvad and Modernity: Ramesh Patange & Pragya Tiwari
Ramesh Patange is a senior activist, thinker and ideologue of RSS. He is the former editor of the Marathi weekly Vivek and the monthly Udyog Krishi magazine. He is one of the founders of the Samajik Samarasata Manch, Bhatke-Vimukata Vikash Parishad and Samrasta Sahitya Parishad. He has 52 books to his name and has edited 50 special volumes.
Awards: Tilak Samarasta Purskar (2017), Lokmany Tilak Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), Manikchand Vajpayee National Award (2017)
Bestselling/ popular Books: Me, Manu ani Sangh, The Sangh Parivar and The Non- HIndus
Pragya Tiwari is a journalist who has written extensively on politics, identity, policy, and culture and edited publications such as Tehelka, The Big Indian Picture and Vice. She currently works as a policy and culture consultant.
Manuvad and Modernity
Scholar and activist Ramesh Patange speaks of caste, social structures and the tenets of Manuvad in the context of modern Indian society. In conversation with writer and journalist Pragya Tiwari, he shares his thoughts on justice and equity, and the reorientation needed to ‘decaste’ the Hindu approach. Patange is the author of 52 books. His latest book Mi, Manu ani Sangh has been translated into Hindi and other regional languages.
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