Narayan Sitaram Phadke
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Narayan Sitaram Phadke (1894–1978) was a writer from Maharashtra, India. wrote in his native Marathi as well as English.
Early life and family
Narayan Phadke was born to Sitaram Phadke and his wife in the town of
Career
He worked from 1919 to 1920 as an assistant editor of the Maratha newspaper.
He was a professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Rajaram College in Kolhapur from 1926 to 1951. For many years in that period, he also edited Ratnakar, Zhankar, and Anjali magazines. After his retirement, he settled in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, continuing to write.
Literary career
Allaha Ho Akbar was Phadke's first novel. He wrote about 150 books, including 74 novels, 27 collections of short stories, 22 reviews, 7 plays,[1] and the autobiographical Maje Jeevan: Ek Kadambari. His work included fiction as well non-fiction. Although most of his work was in Marathi, he also wrote in English. For many years he also publicly feuded with another well known Marathi author, Acharya
Advocate of birth control and eugenics
In the 1920s, Phadke strongly advocated birth control, and Eugenics to control population in India. He had Margaret Sanger, an American birth control advocate, write the foreword for his book published in 1927 on the subject called, Sex problem in India .[3] He contributed to the journal Birth Control Review.[4]
A partial list of books
- Kalankshobha
- Allaha Ho Akbar (1917) - Marathi translation of the novel, temporal power by Marie Corelli[5]
- Daulat
- Jadugar
- Uddhar
- Akherache Band
- Pravasi
- Shonan
- Asman
- Toofan
- Majha Dhram
- Indradhanushya
- Sarita Sagar
- hak
- Niranjan
- Atakepaar
- Ved Vaare
- Zanzavat
- Jeddamal
- Uujadle pn surya kothe aahe?
- Maze Jeevan: Ek Kadambari (autobiography) [6]
- Sex Problem in India: Being a Plea for a Eugenic Movement in India and a Study of All Theoretical and Practical Questions Pertaining to Eugenics[7]
- Where Angels Sell Eggs, and Other Stories in English [8]
References
- ISBN 9780313287787.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^
- Phadke, N.S., 1927. Sex Problem in India: Being a Plea for a Eugenic Movement in India and a Study of All Theoretical and Practical Questions Pertaining to Eugenics. DB Taraporevala Sons & Company.
- Ahluwalia, Sanjam (2008). Reproductive restraints : birth control in India, 1877-1947. Ranikhet: Permanent Black. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9788178242293.
- ISBN 978-1-84331-032-7.
- ISBN 978-3-89821-673-9.
- ^ Satchidanandan, K. “REFLECTIONS: Thinking of Autobiography.” Indian Literature, vol. 45, no. 2 (202), 2001, pp. 5–12. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23344674. Accessed 17 Aug. 2020.
- ^ Phadke, N.S., 1927. Sex Problem in India: Being a Plea for a Eugenic Movement in India and a Study of All Theoretical and Practical Questions Pertaining to Eugenics. DB Taraporevala Sons & Company.
- ^ Jain, S.K., 1969. A Select Bibliography of Indian Short Stories and Historical Fiction in English. Indian Literature, pp.76-92.