“Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule were perhaps one of the first feminists of our country. They started the first school for untouchable girls. Such social revolutionaries need to be understood and their contributions have to be highlighted,” shares Lalitha Dhara, Vice-Principal of Dr Ambedkar College of Commerce and Economics, who has been organising the annual Savitribai Phule Memorial Lecture since the last three years.

Savitribai Phule