d) coming back to home at station.
Born Babasaheb Pandurang Adhav in 1930 in Pune, Baba, as he is known in every
side-alley of Pune's working class areas, is a child of the freedom struggle After a
maternal uncle took him to a Seva Dal meeting while he was still in school, Baba be-
came a committed activist, involved in many of the country's major political upheavals.
In 1952, he joined a satyagraha against high prices and food rationing during a drought,
and went to jail - for three weeks - for the time I have been (to jail) 52 or 53 times after
that," he says with a toothy chuckle. His most recent incarceration was in May 2008
when he served 14 days in judicial custody for protesting against, yet again, rising prices.
Trained as an ayurveda doctor, Baba began his practice in Pune's Nana Peth, where
he saw first hand the hardships faced by hamals (head loaders) who had no legal pro-
tection. Hamals, mainly from backward castes came from all over rural Maharashtra to
Pune's markets, unloading heavy sacks of grain or cement on their backs all day, with
barely enough time off to find food, and no house which meant they would sleep in the
same market. Political parties worked only with organized labour, leaving hamals with
no protection from exploitation.
Baba organized them into Hamal Panchayat. Navnath Binawde came to pune from a
from a drought prone part of Solapur as a young boy, and recalls the days when he
couldn't get work as a hamal. “Once the Hamal Panchayat came into force, the whole
system was streamlined and everyone had equal opportunity for work," says Binawde,
now the panchayat's secretary.
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Question:
Read the extract and do all the activities given below-
Born Babasaheb Pandurang Adhav in 1930 in Pune, Baba, as he is known in every side-alley of Pune’s working class areas, is a child of the freedom struggle. After a maternal uncle took him to a Seva Dal meeting while he was still in school, Baba became a committed activist, involved in many of the country’s major political upheavals. In 1952, he joined a satyagraha against high prices and food rationing during a drought, and went to jail – for three weeks – for the first time. “I have been (to jail) 52 or 53 times after that,” he says with a toothy chuckle. His most recent incarceration was in May 2008 when he served 14 days in judicial custody for protesting against, yet again, rising prices.
Trained as an Ayurved Doctor, Baba began his practice in Pune’s Nana Peth, where he saw firsthand the hardships faced by hamals (head loaders) who had no legal protections. Hamals, mainly from backward casts, came from all over rural Maharashtra to Pune’s markets, unloading heavy sacks of grains or cement on their backs all day, with barely enough time off to find food and know house which meant they would sleep in the same market. Political parties worked only with organized labour, leaving hamals with no protection from exploitation. Baba organized them into the “Hamal Panchayat”. Navnath Binawade came to Pune from a drought-prone part of Solapur as a young boy, and recalls the days when he could not get work as hamal. “Once the Hamal Panchayat came into force, the whole system was streamlined and every one had equal opportunity for work,” says Binawade, now the panchayat’s secretary. In 1956, the hamals went on their first-ever strike demanding decent wages. There were satyagrahas and arrests after which it was finally recognized as a Trade Union and minimum wages were fixed. After year of struggle, in 1969, the state government passed the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Worker’s Act, the country’s first piece of legislation for the social security of unorganized labour. It has become the rallying point for dozens of other unorganized labour movements seeking social security legislation.
In the decades since, Baba has been actively involved in similar struggles for auto-drivers, rag-pickers, hawkers, domestic workers and construction labours. Each such collective has registered itself as a separated trade union.
A – 3) Complete :
Baba is called a Working Class Hero because ……..______
A – 4) Personal Response:
Do you think there should be a strong legislation to protect the rights of waste collectors and domestic servants? If yes, how will it help to eradicate the ‘child labour’ problem?
A – 5) Language study: (Do as directed)
i) Baba began his practice in Pune’s Nana Peth.
(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
ii) Political parties worked only with organized labour, leaving hamals with no protection from exploitation.
(Make a compound sentence and rewrite).
Answer:
A3) Baba,known in every side-alley in Pune's working class areas is called a working class hero because he stood for the unorganised work force of India post freedom.
A4) Yes, we need to pass strong legislation that protects the rights of garbage collectors and domestic workers. This is because this will help the unorganized working class to earn daily bread, secure the minimum wage, and protect it from exploitation. If enforced thoroughly, the law will ensure that the flames of "child labor" are extinguished by properly punishing perpetrators when convicted.
A5)
1) Which place did Baba begin his practice?
2) Political parties worked only with labours who were organized and left hamals with no protection from exploitation.
Explanation:
A3) Baba is called a hero of the working class because he stood for the working class of India who were unorganized post independence.
As the excerpt shows, Baba is a newly liberated representative of the lower working class of India and an activist for rights, and his efforts drafted the Mahara Stramatdi, Hamal and other Manual Workers Act in 1969.
A4) This answer is personal response and can be modified according to your choice depending on the question asked.
A5)
1) To answer a question as a place, "Which place" type of questions can be asked. Hence, Which place did Baba begin his practice?
2) The addition of the conjunction 'and' makes the sentence compound.
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