VIMUKTAYAN/विमुक्तायन /

by Laxman Mane

‘विमुक्तायन’ हे लक्ष्मण माने लिखित संशोधनात्मक पुस्तक असून, महाराष्ट्रातील भटक्या व विमुवत जमातींचा चिकित्सक पध्दतीने केलेला हा अभ्यास. लेखकाने पहिल्या प्रकरणातून विमुक्त जमातींचा सामाजिक व सांस्कृतिक इतिहास मांडला आहे. दुसर्‍या प्रकरणातून भटक्या गुन्हेगार जमातींचा जीवन संघर्ष, तंटे-बखेडे, सामाजिक जीवनाचा धांडोळा घेतला आहे. तिसर्‍या प्रकरणांतून महाराष्ट्रातील विमुक्त जमातींची सामाजिक व आर्थिक स्थिती,जात परंपरा,विवाह,विधवांचे पुनर्विवाह,जातपंचायत इ.चा ऊहापोह केला आहे, शेवटच्या व चौथ्या प्रकरणातून-भटक्या-विमुक्तांसाठी शासनाने केलेल्या उपाययोजना,त्यांचे मनाचा थरकाप उडविणारे,परिघाबाहेरचे जीवन, जातपंचायतींचे वाढते प्रस्थ, परिशिष्टे, नकाशे, प्रत्येक ज

492 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 8, 2023

About the author

Laxman Bapu Mane (Marathi: लक्ष्मण बापू माने) (born June 1, 1949) is a Marathi writer and a social activist from Maharashtra, India. Mane came to sudden fame after publishing his autobiography Upara, (An Outsider), in 1980. Upara was considered as a milestone is Marathi Dalit literature and received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 and Padma Shri in 2009.

His autobiography Upara (उपरा) brought to the attention of the public in Maharashtra the problems of nomadic tribes arising out of their social and economic conditions. Under a two-year grant from the Ford Foundation for field work among nomadic tribes in Maharashtra, Mane wrote in 1984 his second book Band Darwaja (Closed door, 1984).

Mane converted to Buddhism in October 2006 and soon had many followers . His next book was ‘Palawaracha Jag’ and last year, he published a collection of letters he wrote to Supriya Sule, who is now a Lok Sabha MP from Baramati.