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A Panther remembers his pack
Updated On: 28 June, 2020 07:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Prutha Bhosle
JV Pawar, poet-writer and the last surviving Dalit Panther, features in a 100-episode YouTube series that is dedicated to the 1970s movement in Mumbai
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Pawar and Dhale (both standing) with Dr Ambedkar's wife
On May 29, 1972, Marathi poet and activist Namdeo Dhasal along with litterateur JV Pawar founded the Dalit Panthers. On the same day, this year, a promo dropped on YouTube, celebrating the movement that was started to combat caste discrimination. Titled simply, Dalit Panther, this trailer takes viewers back to the 1970s when the whole of Maharashtra witnessed a revolution of a very different kind.
Created by Dr Ambedkar Thoughts Movement, a YouTube channel started in July 2018, this promo announced the beginning 100 episodes dedicated to the Dalit Panther movement. With nine episodes already out, the series is narrated by the only living Panther, JV Pawar. "My son, who runs this YouTube channel, has been at home since the lockdown. He is a videographer, and, when he proposed starting a series on the movement, I was game. While the movement's heydays lasted only till 1977, I feel it is important to remember the works of the members," Pawar, 76, tells us.
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