VIMAL MORE IS BORN IN THE `GONDHALI` TRIBE, ONE OF THE NOMADIC TRIBES. THIS TRIBE LIVES UNDER THE DOMINANCE OF BLIND FAITH, SUPERSTITION, AND IS VERY ORTHODOX. SHE HAS PRESENTED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN THE FORM OF `TEEN DAGDANCHI CHOOL`, WHICH HAS IN TURN ADDED TO ESPECIALLY `DALIT` LITERATURE. THROUGHOUT THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WE DO NOT COME ACROSS HER CONTEMPT OR SOURNESS ABOUT LIFE. SHE DOES NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS AND ATROCITIES THAT SHE SUFFERED. SHE DOES NOT FALL PREY TO NATURAL FEELINGS LIKE HATRED, ANGER, DISDAIN, OR REVENGE WHICH MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF A VERY DIFFICULT LIFE. SHE DOES NOT LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH ANY COLORED GLASSES. THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS GREAT IN ALL RESPECTS. FIRSTLY, IT REVEALS THE TRUE LIFE OF A `DALIT`, SECONDLY, IT PRESENTS THE SHEER POVERTY AND ANGUISH, WHICH IN TURN MAKES US REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE TO CHANGE THE SOCIETY AND ITS CLASS BASED CULTURE COMPLETELY. EVERY LEARNED AND PRUDENT CITIZEN SHOULD READ THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND GIVE IT A THOUGHT. IT HAS THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL TO AWAKEN THE HUMAN IN EVERY MIND.
VIMAL MORE IS BORN IN THE ‘GONDHALI’ TRIBE, ONE OF THE NOMADIC TRIBES. THIS TRIBE LIVES UNDER THE DOMINANCE OF BLIND FAITH, SUPERSTITION, AND IS VERY ORTHODOX. SHE HAS PRESENTED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN THE FORM OF ‘TEEN DAGDANCHI CHOOL’, WHICH HAS IN TURN ADDED TO ESPECIALLY ‘DALIT’ LITERATURE.
THROUGHOUT THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WE DO NOT COME ACROSS HER CONTEMPT OR SOURNESS ABOUT LIFE. SHE DOES NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS AND ATROCITIES THAT SHE SUFFERED. SHE DOES NOT FALL PREY TO NATURAL FEELINGS LIKE HATRED, ANGER, DISDAIN, OR REVENGE WHICH MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF A VERY DIFFICULT LIFE. SHE DOES NOT LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH ANY COLORED GLASSES.
THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS GREAT IN ALL RESPECTS. FIRSTLY, IT REVEALS THE TRUE LIFE OF A ‘DALIT’, SECONDLY, IT PRESENTS THE SHEER POVERTY AND ANGUISH, WHICH IN TURN MAKES US REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE TO CHANGE THE SOCIETY AND ITS CLASS BASED CULTURE COMPLETELY. EVERY LEARNED AND PRUDENT CITIZEN SHOULD READ THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND GIVE IT A THOUGHT. IT HAS THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL TO AWAKEN THE HUMAN IN EVERY MIND.
अज्ञान-अधंश्रध्देच्या गर्तेत अडकलेल्या आणि
रूढी-परंपरांच्या चक्रात गुरफटलेल्या भटक्या-विमुक्त
जमातींपैकी ‘गोंधळी’ या जातीत जन्माला आलेल्या
विमल मोरे यांनी लिहिलेल्या ‘तीन दगडाची चूल’ या
आत्मकथनानं दलित साहित्यातील व पर्यायानं मराठी
साहित्यातील आत्मकथनांचं दालन अधिक समृद्ध
झालं आहे.
या आत्मकथनात भोगलेल्या आणि भोगावं लागणा-या
जीवनाबद्दल कुठंही कडवटपणा प्रकट झालेला नाही.
चीड, तुच्छता, सूड यांसारख्या अत्यंत स्वाभाविकपणे
प्रकट होणा-या भावनात्मक प्रतिक्रियाही व्यक्त झालेल्या
नाहीत. जीवनाकडं पाहण्याची दृष्टीही कुठं गढूळ
झालेली नाही.
हे आत्मकथन दलित जीवनाचं अस्सल, जिवंत चित्रण
करणारी वाङ्मयकृती म्हणून श्रेष्ठ आहेच, शिवाय ते
अपार दैन्य आणि दु:ख यांचं भेदक चित्रण वाचकांपुढं
उभं करीत असतानाच, ही सारी समाजव्यवस्थाच
आमूलाग्र बदलून टकण्याची कशी आवश्यकता आहे,
हेही वाचकांच्या मनांवर तीव्रपणे ठसवत राहतं.
नवा जीवन-संस्कार घडवणारं हे मौलिक आत्मकथन
प्रत्येक सुजाण वाचकानं वाचायलाच हवं, असं आहे.
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