BAND DARVAJA (Marathi)

AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE THROUGH THIS BOOK TO EXPLAIN THE CASTE-CULTURE OF EIGHTEEN DIVERSE CASTES SUCH AS KANJARBHAT SAMAJ, KAIKADI SAMAJ, GOPAL SAMAJ’S JAAT PANCHAYAT AND PROBLEMS FACED BY THE LAMAN-BANJARA COMMUNITIES. FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS STRUGGLE ARE LATUR’S KATTI-HATODA MORCHA AND THE AURANGABAD PARISHAD. IT TELLS US ABOUT THE AUTHOR’S ATTEMPT TO STABILIZE THEM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SOCIETY BASED ON HIS DETAILED ANALYSIS. THE AUTHOR SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO OPEN THIS `CLOSED DOOR` (OF DEVELOPMENT). YET THIS DOOR IS STILL ONLY AJAR. WRITER LAXMAN MANE STRESSES THAT THIS EFFORT WILL YIELD RESULTS ONLY WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE WRITER IDENTIFIES WITH THE SUFFERINGS OF ALL THESE TRIBES AND IS BRINGING ABOUT REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN THEM WITH EMPATHY AND COMPASSION. THOUGH LITERACY AND THE HOPE OF REFORM HAVE REACHED THIS UNDER-DEVELOPED SECTION OF SOCIETY, COUNTLESS QUESTIONS YET REMAIN UNANSWERED. THIS BOOK IS A KEEN AND RESEARCH-BASED EXPLORATION OF THE LIFE OF THE NOMADS.