Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar
Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar , popularly known as Acharya Javdekar, was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
He was born on 26 September 1894. His schooling was in Kolhapur, and he did his B.A. from Fergusson College, Pune, specialising in philosophy.
While studying for his M.A. degree, he set aside his studies to join Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement against the British Raj. During 1923-26, he operated a dormitory for students belonging to the untouchable community in the Indian society of his times. This dormitory was located in a village near Islampur in Maharashtra.
Subsequently, Javdekar served as the editor of the dailies Navashakti and Lok Shakti. He was the editor of the weekly Sadhana from 1950 to 1952.
Javdekar was a social democrat in his political thinking, and was influenced by the political and social views of Mahatma Gandhi. In his 1954 book सर्वोदय आणि समाजवाद, he propounded Satyagrahi Samajwad philosophy, attempting to amalgamate Marxism and Gandhism. He also attempted to reconcile the views of Tilak and Gandhi in his book लो. टिळक व म. गांधी.
In his literary work "आधुनिक भारत" , he described the philosophical evolution of India through its struggle for freedom from the British rule.
He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Pune in 1949. He died in December 1955.Literary work
The following is a partial list of Javdekar's works:
- आधुनिक भारत
- गांधीजींचे चरित्र - जीवनरहस्य
- राज्यशास्त्रमीमांसा
- आधुनिक राज्यमीमांसा
- विश्वकुटुंबवाद
- शास्त्रीय समाजवाद
- सर्वोदय आणि समाजवाद
- लोकशाही
- पुरोगामी साहित्य
- गांधीवाद
- लो. टिळक व म. गांधी
