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Aug 20, 2018 • 35 tweets • 12 min read
Today marked five years since #NarendraDabholkar was assassinated while on his morning walk in Pune (thread)
That act robbed Maharashtra and the rest of the country of one of the finest rationalist minds and dogged anti-superstition activists.
#NarendraDabholkar was 67 yrs old
For 18 long years, #NarendraDabholkar and his compatriots had campaigned for an anti-superstition anti-black magic law.
They were convinced that poorest/weakest people were being exploited under the rubric of religious practices though these had little or no religious sanction
