Vasudha Pawar

Rajarshi Shahu Chatrapati Vasudha Pawar

"RAJARSHEE SHAHU CHHATRAPATI: A STUDY EVEN A LAYMAN'S PERSONA HAS MULTIPLE FACETS TO IT. IT SHOULD NOT REALLY COME AS A SURPRISE TO KNOW THAT RAJARSHEE SHAHU WAS A MULTI-FACETED, VERSATILE PERSON. VASUDHA PAWAR WONDERFULLY DESCRIBES THESE FACETS OF HIS PERSONALITY THROUGH HER BOOK. ABOLISHMENT OF UNTOUCHABILITY, COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION, SETTING UP OF HOSTELS, THE FIGHT AGAINST DROUGHT AND EPIDEMICS, RESERVATION, GIRL'S EDUCATION, A LAW ALLOWING INTER-CASTE MARRIAGES, REHABILITATION OF THE OUTCASTS, WATER HARVESTING, TEA-COFFEE PLANTATION AND MANY MORE OF HIS SOCIAL INITIATIVES STAND AS A TESTIMONY TO HIS VISION AND HIS FORESIGHTEDNESS. THE AGE-OLD QUESTION "DOES A KING MOLD THE TIME OR DOES THE TIME MOLD THE KING?" REMAINS MOSTLY UNANSWERED BARRING A FEW KINGS; ONE SUCH KING IS RAJARSHEE SHAHU MAHARAJ. VASUDHA PAWAR HAS PORTRAYED THIS VERY APTLY THROUGH HER WRITINGS. "