''Sadhana'' () is a

Socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

weekly publication that was established by

Pandurang Sadashiv Sane Pandurang Sadashiv Sane ( mar, पांडुरंग सदाशिव साने; ; 24 December 1899 – 11 June 1950), also known as ''Sane Guruji'' (Guruji meaning "respected teacher") by his students and followers, was a Marathi autho ...

(Sane Guruji), a leader of Rashtra Seva Dal on 15 August 1948. It was edited by Marathi writer

Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar ( mr, शंकर दत्तात्रय जावडेकर) (1894–1955, alternatively ''Javadekar'' or ''Jawadekar''), popularly known as Acharya Javdekar, was a Marathi writer from Bombay State, India. He w ...

from 1950 to 1952. Yadunath Thatte became ''Sadhanas editor in 1956 and continued to lead it until 1982. G.P. Pradhan was the next editor of the weekly. In the early 1970s the magazine provided a forum for voices from the

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movement, who were revolting against the treatment of low castes in Indian society. Some of the Dalit writings published by the magazine were considered to be inflammatory by the middle class and even led to calls to ban the concerned issues. ''Sadhana'' brought the Dalit activists to the attention to the Marathi intelligentsia, and gave an impetus to the growing ''dalit movement''. The magazine served as a voice for Socialist thought in

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and played a key role in the mass awakening during the 21-month-long Emergency Rule in India that was imposed in June 1975. In July 1976, the

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led by

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Indira Gandhi intimidated the weekly to stop publication by abusive use of national defence laws. The magazine soon reopened, after winning a landmark court case concerning press freedom in which Justice

V.D. Tulzapurkar Justice V. D. Tulzapurkar (9 March, 1921 – 1 October, 2004) B.A., LL.B., Attorney-at-Law, was a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 30 September 1977 until 9 March 1986. He received his education at Wilson High School, Wilson Colle ...

of the

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along with Justice B.C. Gadgil quashed the government order seizing the assets of ''Sadhana Press'', and struck down censorship orders as arbitrary.

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* http://www.weeklysadhana.in: official website Publications established in 1948 Newspapers published in Maharashtra Politics of Maharashtra Socialist newspapers Marathi-language literature Newspapers published in Mumbai 1948 establishments in India