Mahatma Jotirao Phule sankshipta rachanalu, Jotirao Phule, translator Harathi Vageeshan, 61 pp, Rs. 30 \nThis slim volume contains the lesser-known and smaller essays that he wrote over time, including his deposition to the Hunter Commission on Education, his response to the Parsi social reformer Malabari's notes on 'Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood'; his letter to M. G. Ranade regarding the Marathi Authors' Conference; his stirring defence of Pandita Ramabai in two numbers of the journal Satsar; and selections from The Book of the True Faith. \nAuthor: Jyotirao Phule (1827-1890) was a social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system, and women's emancipation. \nTranslator Harathi Vageeshan is a writer, essayist and teaches at NALSAR, Hyderabad