प्रधान मास्तर नावाचा संस्कार
प्रा. ग. प्र. प्रधान यांचा जन्म झाला, तेव्हा लोकमान्य टिळकांचे निधन होऊन त्यांचा वारसा महात्मा गांधींनी समर्थपणे पेलायला सुरुवात केली होती. स
्वातंत्र्य चळवळीने भारलेल्या त्या काळाचे संस्कार एकविसाव्या शतकातही कृतार्थ आयुष्याची वाट दाखवण्यास कसे समर्थ आहेत, हे स्वत:च्या जगण्यातून प्रधान यांनी दाखवून दिले. शनिवारी पहाटे त्यांनी जगाचा निरोप घेतला, तेव्हा त्यांचे पाथिर्वही त्यांनी समाजाच्या स्वाधीन केले होते. वरवर पाहता प्रधान चारचौघांसारखे मध्यमवगीर्य आयुष्यच जगले. या अर्थाने की सर्वसाधारण समाज ज्यामुळे चटकन दीपून जातो, अशी टोकाची कोणतीही कृती त्यांनी केली नाही. तो त्यांचा पिंंडही नव्हता. पण स्वत:च्या पिंडाशी इमान राखत त्याची ताकिर्क टोके गाठण्याच्या धैर्यातही ते कधी कमी पडले नाहीत. शिवाय हे सर्व आपण अंतमंर्नाची उमीर् म्हणून करतो आहोत, त्यातून आनंद घेत आहोत, तर त्याचे कौतुक कशाला, या वृत्तीने त्यांनी केले. नेटका प्रपंच करतानाही किती अंगांनी समाजोपयोगी ठरता येते, याचा त्यांचे आयुष्य हा सुस्थित, संवेदनशील आणि विचारी सामान्यजनांसाठी वस्तुपाठ ठरू शकतो. 'चले जाव' चळवळीत तुरुंगवास भोगताना त्यांनी विशीतल्या प्रेरणांना न्याय दिला. १९४४मध्ये ते तुरुंगातून सुटले, तेव्हा देशभक्तीच्या उमीर्ला तुरुंगातील आचार्य जावडेकर, आचार्य भागवत यांच्यासारख्यांच्या अभ्यासवर्गांमुळे व्यापक पाया लाभला होता. सानेगुरुजींच्या सहवासाने सदसद्विवेकबुध्दीचा आयुष्यभराचा राखणदार आयुष्यात आला होता. पण ते सुटून घरी आले तेव्हा वडील सेवानिवृत्त झाले होते. त्यांनी शिक्षकाची नोकरी स्वीकारली. ती करताना एमए झाले आणि पुढे फर्गसनमध्ये इंग्रजीचे अध्यापक म्हणून विद्याथिर्प्रियही झाले.मात्र राजकीय-सामाजिक कामही चालूच होते. शोषणमुक्त समाजाचे स्वप्न पाहणाऱ्या, पण लोकशाही मार्गाच्या आग्रहामुळे कम्युनिस्ट विचारसरणीशी फारकत घेतलेल्या समाजवादी प्रवाहाशी त्यांची नाळ जुळली होती. पुढे पत्नीने आथिर्क जबाबदारी घेतली आणि प्रधान सक्रिय राजकारणात आले. त्यांनी पुण्याच्या पदवीधर मतदारसंघातून १९६६ साली विधान परिषदेची निवडणूक लढवली व जिंकलीही. आमदारपदाला न्याय देता यावा म्हणून आधी त्यांनी प्राध्यापकपदाचा राजीनामा दिला, हे त्यांचे वैशिष्ट्य. सक्रिय राजकारणही त्यांनी निष्ठेने निभावले. राज्यातील ग्रामीण जनतेचे प्रश्न समजावून घेण्यासाठी प्रत्येक तालुक्याला भेट देणारे, विधान परिषदेत या प्रश्नांचा अभ्यासपूर्ण पाठपुरावा करणारे प्रधान आदर्श लोकप्रतिनिधित्वाचा मानदंड मानले गेले. आणीबाणीच्या काळात त्यांनी पुन्हा तुरुंगवास भोगला. १८ वषेर् आमदारपदी निवडून आल्यानंतर, इतरांना संधी मिळावी म्हणून सक्रिय राजकारणातून निवृत्ती घेतली आणि प्रबोधनाच्या कामात ते गुंतले. सानेगुरुजींच्या 'साधने'च्या संपादकपदाची जबाबदारी १७ वषेर् त्यांनी पेलली. या काळातही अण्णा हजारे यांचे भ्रष्टाचाराच्या विरोधातील आंदोलन असो वा माहितीच्या अधिकारासाठीचे, प्रधानांनी रस्त्यावर उतरून त्यात सहभाग घेतला. सन २००१मध्ये मात्र त्यांनी साधनेच्या जबाबदारीतूनही स्वत:ला मुक्त केले आणि केवळ वाचन-लेखनात ते मग्न झाले. त्यांच्यासाठी वाचन हा आयुष्य समृध्द करणारा आनंद होता, तर लेखन हा संस्कारांचा प्रयत्न. त्यांचे विपुल लेखन याची साक्ष आहे. प्रधान यांची वैचारिक भूमिका स्पष्ट असली, तरी अनेक पर्यायी उत्तरांची शक्यता गृहीत धरणारी आणि न पटणाऱ्या उत्तरांचाही आदर करणारी. त्यामुळे राजकारणातही त्यांना शत्रू नव्हते. मला 'उपदव मूल्य' नव्हते एवढाच याचा अर्थ, असे ते मिश्किलपणे म्हणत. 'उदारमतवादी माणसाला मित्र असतात, पण त्याची धारही कमी असते. म. गांधींनी उदारमतवादाला सत्याग्रहाची जोड दिली म्हणून तिला धार आली', हे त्यांचे निरीक्षण. समाजवादी पक्षाचे जनता पक्षात विलीनीकरण ही चूक होती, कारण त्यामुळे वेगवेगळ्या क्षेत्रांत काम करणारे निष्ठावान कार्यकतेर् राजकीय चळवळीतून मिळणाऱ्या आत्मविश्वासाला, बळाला मुकले आणि त्यांच्या कामांतून परिवर्तनाचे स्वप्न पूर्ण होण्याची शक्यता राजकीय संघटनेअभावी मावळली, ही कबुली देण्याचा प्रांजळपणा त्यांच्याकडे होता. मंडल आयोगामुळे वंचितांच्या आकांक्षांचा स्फोट होऊन सुखासीन व्यवस्थेला हादरा बसला हे चांगलेच झाले, हे मत प्रस्थापिताचा भाग होऊन मिळणाऱ्या उपभोगांविषयी निरीच्छ व्यक्तीचेच असू शकते. प्रधान यांची साथ आयुष्यभर या साधेपणानेच केली. स्वातंत्र्यसैनिक, आमदार, पुरस्कार म्हणून मिळालेले पैसे त्यांनी समाजोपयोगी कामांना वाटून टाकले. पत्नीच्या निधनानंतर घरही साधना ट्रस्टच्या स्वाधीन करून केवळ पुस्तके आणि कपड्यांनिशी ते सानेगुरुजी रुग्णालयात वास्तव्याला गेले. व्यक्तिगत आयुष्यात कृतार्थता, पण समतावादी ध्येयांची बाहेरच्या जगात वासलात लागताना पाहणे, या द्वंद्वातही ते निराश नव्हते; कारण समाजातील सत्प्रवृत्तींवरचा त्यांचा दुर्दम्य विश्वास. या विश्वासाला जागण्याची प्रेरणाही त्यांच्याच आयुष्याच्या रूपाने प्रधान मास्तर मागे ठेवून गेले आहेत.
Plant a tree to remember me - G P Pradhan
‘Plant a tree to remember me’
Known as a gentleman politician, G P Pradhan had participated in the 1942 Quit India movement and later underwent imprisonment during the emergency rule in 1975
Born on August 26, 1922, as Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan in a middle-class family that lived in Sadashiv Peth, G P Pradhan was influenced by socialist leaders N G Gore and S M Joshi in his early years.
He was attracted to the Quit India movement floated by Mahatma Gandhi in his college days and he jumped into it.
For this, the British government sent him to Yerwada jail for eleven months. During his jail term, he came across many great personalities like Sane Guruji and his life was transformed.
After serving his tenure in jail, Pradhan resumed his education and completed his Masters degree in Marathi and English literature. He then joined Fergusson College as an English professor. He worked there from 1945 to 1965.
He was a favourite among students during his tenure and was fondly called Pradhan sir.
He was elected to the Pune University senate and left a significant mark on issues in the field of education. In 1965, he resigned as professor and began his second innings in public life.
He was elected from the graduate constituency of the Mahrashtra Legislative Council(MLC) as a socialist party candidate for the first time in 1966.
In 1975 during the emergency, Pradhan raised his voice against it and was put behind bars for 18 months by the government. During this jail term he wrote two Marathi books — Sata Uttarachi Kahani and Bhakari aani Swatantrya.
In 1980, Pradhan became the leader of opposition in the legislative council. He was known as a genuine and learned leader who knew the real issues people in Maharashtra faced.
After he retired from politics, he joined Marathi weekly Sadhna as honourary editor from 1985 to 1998. The weekly was the mouthpiece of the socialist party. Pradhan has written several books in Marathi and English.
In 1965, during the Indo-Pak war he went to the warfront as a journalist with Shirubhau Limaye and then wrote a book called Hajipir.
During Bangladesh war in 1971, he visited various villages in Bangladesh and wrote about it in a book titled Sonar Bangla. He also wrote the biography of Lokmanya Tilak for the National Book Trust.
My friends who love me, should plant a tree in my memory and take care of them for atleast five years,” this was pretty much the last wish of the socialist, tree-loving writer G P Pradhan.
GP had written a letter to Dr Narendra Dabholkar, the editor of Sadhana and president of Andashradha Nirmulan Samiti. The letter was written on April 5, 2006, when GP lived in the Sane Guruji Hospital Hadapsar.
This letter also reads, ‘This should be published in Sadhana, after my death. I was fortunate to live with Sane Guruji in the Yerwada jail in 1943 and I was able to write for Sadhana with the editor Professor Vasant Bapat and that I was able to do something for the Sadhana Trust. Sadhana must carry forward the heritage of Sane Guruji and become a mouthpiece of all progressive movements.”
GP as he was fondly called also urged his friends to refrain from erecting any kind of memorials in his memory. In his letter GP thanks all his friends who loved him, he also asks them to forgive him for whatever wrong he felt he did and finally he writes that he is overwhelmed with gratitude.
After her wife’s death in 2005 GP left his Sadashiv Peth residence and started living at the Sane Guruji Hospital in Hadapsar. He wanted to live with the freedom fighter and his best friend, Rambhau Tupe.
Pune Mirror had reported the move, but after Tupe’s accident he cancelled his decision. On April 1, 2007, he donated his Sadashiv Peth house to the Sadhana Trust and decided to at the hospital forever. When Mirror met him at the hospital, he was full of life, writing with great vigour about Indian democracy.
GP always felt that people misunderstood his austerity but the fact was that he had childlike emotions, and he will be deeply missed
GP with his wife Malutai
GP working with colleagues
GP Pradhan with Sane Guruji
Known as a gentleman politician, G P Pradhan had participated in the 1942 Quit India movement and later underwent imprisonment during the emergency rule in 1975
Born on August 26, 1922, as Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan in a middle-class family that lived in Sadashiv Peth, G P Pradhan was influenced by socialist leaders N G Gore and S M Joshi in his early years.
He was attracted to the Quit India movement floated by Mahatma Gandhi in his college days and he jumped into it.
For this, the British government sent him to Yerwada jail for eleven months. During his jail term, he came across many great personalities like Sane Guruji and his life was transformed.
After serving his tenure in jail, Pradhan resumed his education and completed his Masters degree in Marathi and English literature. He then joined Fergusson College as an English professor. He worked there from 1945 to 1965.
He was a favourite among students during his tenure and was fondly called Pradhan sir.
He was elected to the Pune University senate and left a significant mark on issues in the field of education. In 1965, he resigned as professor and began his second innings in public life.
He was elected from the graduate constituency of the Mahrashtra Legislative Council(MLC) as a socialist party candidate for the first time in 1966.
In 1975 during the emergency, Pradhan raised his voice against it and was put behind bars for 18 months by the government. During this jail term he wrote two Marathi books — Sata Uttarachi Kahani and Bhakari aani Swatantrya.
In 1980, Pradhan became the leader of opposition in the legislative council. He was known as a genuine and learned leader who knew the real issues people in Maharashtra faced.
After he retired from politics, he joined Marathi weekly Sadhna as honourary editor from 1985 to 1998. The weekly was the mouthpiece of the socialist party. Pradhan has written several books in Marathi and English.
In 1965, during the Indo-Pak war he went to the warfront as a journalist with Shirubhau Limaye and then wrote a book called Hajipir.
During Bangladesh war in 1971, he visited various villages in Bangladesh and wrote about it in a book titled Sonar Bangla. He also wrote the biography of Lokmanya Tilak for the National Book Trust.
My friends who love me, should plant a tree in my memory and take care of them for atleast five years,” this was pretty much the last wish of the socialist, tree-loving writer G P Pradhan.
GP had written a letter to Dr Narendra Dabholkar, the editor of Sadhana and president of Andashradha Nirmulan Samiti. The letter was written on April 5, 2006, when GP lived in the Sane Guruji Hospital Hadapsar.
This letter also reads, ‘This should be published in Sadhana, after my death. I was fortunate to live with Sane Guruji in the Yerwada jail in 1943 and I was able to write for Sadhana with the editor Professor Vasant Bapat and that I was able to do something for the Sadhana Trust. Sadhana must carry forward the heritage of Sane Guruji and become a mouthpiece of all progressive movements.”
GP as he was fondly called also urged his friends to refrain from erecting any kind of memorials in his memory. In his letter GP thanks all his friends who loved him, he also asks them to forgive him for whatever wrong he felt he did and finally he writes that he is overwhelmed with gratitude.
After her wife’s death in 2005 GP left his Sadashiv Peth residence and started living at the Sane Guruji Hospital in Hadapsar. He wanted to live with the freedom fighter and his best friend, Rambhau Tupe.
Pune Mirror had reported the move, but after Tupe’s accident he cancelled his decision. On April 1, 2007, he donated his Sadashiv Peth house to the Sadhana Trust and decided to at the hospital forever. When Mirror met him at the hospital, he was full of life, writing with great vigour about Indian democracy.
GP always felt that people misunderstood his austerity but the fact was that he had childlike emotions, and he will be deeply missed
GP with his wife Malutai
GP working with colleagues
GP Pradhan with Sane Guruji
Veteran Socialist Leader G P Pradhan Passes Away
Senior socialist leader and writer Professor G P Pradhan died of old age in a city hospital.
He was 88.
Pradhan, former leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council, had been in the forefront of the socialist movement in the state, working closely with stalwarts like S M Joshi and N G Gore.
Known as a gentleman politician, Pradhan had participated in the 1942 Quit India movement and later underwent imprisonment during the emergency rule in 1975.
He wrote a number of books, including one on Tolstoy, presenting the socialist thought in the Indian context.
Sane guruji's ebooks
Below is the link from where you can download fews ebooks of Sane guruji.
These books re in pdf format.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/5024522/61740056/Others_Marathi_E-Books.html
These books re in pdf format.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/5024522/61740056/Others_Marathi_E-Books.html
Sadhana (साधना) - Marathi weekly publication
Sadhana (साधना) is a Socialist Marathi weekly publication that was established by Pandurang Sadashiv Sane (Sane Guruji), a leader of Rashtra Seva Dal, on August 15, 1948. It was edited by Marathi writer Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar from 1950 to 1952. Yadunath Thatte became Sadhana's editor in 1956 and continued to lead it until 1982. G.P. Pradhan was the next editor of the weekly.
In the early 1970s the magazine provided a forum for voices from the Dalit Panther movement, who were revolting against the treatment of low castes in Indian society. Some of the Dalit writings published by the magazine were considered to be inflammatory by the middle class and even led to calls to ban the concerned issues. Sadhana brought the Dalit activists to the attention to the Marathi intelligentsia, and gave an impetus to the growing dalit movement.
The magazine served as a voice for Socialist thought in India and played a key role in the mass awakening during the 21-month long Emergency Rule in India that was imposed in June 1975. In July 1976, the Government of India led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi intimidated the weekly to stop publication by abusive use of national defence laws.[6] The magazine reopened soon after, after winning a landmark court case concerning press freedom in which Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar of the Bombay High Court along with Justic N.C. Gadgil quashed the government order seizing the assets of Sadhana Press, and struck down censorship orders as arbitrary.
Click here to find last issues
Personality developement Camp for childrens
Personality development Camp.
Rashtra seva dal organizes the yearly personality development camps for children's. This camps are held every year after the Final exams in the last week of April.
The focus of the camps lies not only on educational development, but it also deals with every extra curricular activities like dance, aerobics,yoga, exercise, sports, story telling.
Photos of mahim camp April 2007
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