The 1978 Riots in Marathwada

Struggle for a Name: Women in the Namantar Andolan

Taibai Mawade's husband, Janardhan Mawade, was killed by upper-caste men during the 1978 violence in Marathwada. Taibai survived and joined the Namantar Movement, to fight for and win the university renaming that had sparked the violence. After the white supremacist terrorism that occurred in my hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia, Taibai's story is giving me the hope that I need to keep resisting. Starring Taibai Janardhan Mawade (voiced by Suhasini Sakhare). Special thanks to Vivek Mawade, Rajendra Gonarkar, Buddhapriya Kabeer, Deepak Gaikwad, Sheetal Gonarkar, and Eamon Linehan for their help with this episode. Original Music: Ajinkya Kamble {http://m.soundcloud.com/ajinkya-frankly-rockzz} Cover Art: Pappu Kumar Naik {https://www.facebook.com/Pappu.kumar.naik} References * Ashwajit, K., Satyapal, M., Mool-Jadhav, S., Lokhande, A., Gade, B., Khandalkar, S. S., & Bodare, S. R. (2000). Namantar Shahid Gaurav Granth. Aurangabad: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Krutagnata Pratishthan. * Fortin, J. (2017, August 13). The Statue at the Center of Charlottesville’s Storm. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-rally-protest-statue.html * Government of India. (2002). Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958. Government Central Press. Retrieved from http://latur.nic.in/html/elibrary-new/e%20Library/BOMBAY%20VILLAGE%20PANCHAYAT%20ACT,%201958.pdf This podcast is supported by the Yale South Asian Studies Rustgi Award, the Yale South Asian Language Fellowship, and the Yale Parker Huang Travel Fellowship.