Dr Jaya Jagtap-Patil (31), a Marathi researcher, is a perfect example that people can pursue their passion regardless of the hurdles. She covered 18 districts in the state, covering about 5,500 km, in search of 41 unknown dalit poetesses. And after her yearlong work, Jagtap-Patil made a documentary titled ‘We Daughters of Sun’. The documentary would soon be screened and be available on YouTube. A student of the University of Pune’s (UoP) Marathi department, Jagtap-Patil completed her masters in 2004 followed by MPhil in 2005. She registered for a Phd and after five years of hard work, she completed her doctorate in 2011 in ‘Contribution of Dalit Poetess in Dalit Literature’.u00a0

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