Godavari Parulekar (14 August 1907 – 8 October 1996) was a freedom fighter, writer, and social activist.
She was influenced by Marxist and Communist ideologies and spent her life fighting for the farmers and working class.
[1] Godavari and Shamrao Parulekar’s ideologies did not match those of the Servants of India Society.
Godavari believed that organizing the working class and farmers was the best way to overthrow the British rule.
[5] She then devoted her life to the struggle of the Warli Community in Thane,[6] who was being pushed into forced and bonded labour by wealthy landlords.
[4] She documented the movements in her book Jewha Manus Jaga Hoto (The Awakening of Man).
She founded the Adivasi Pragati Mandal (Tribal Progress Council) with Shamrao in 1961.
Her most popular book is Jewha Manus Jaga Hoto (The Awakening of Man).
[citation needed] Her other books are: Adivasi revolt: the story of Warli peasants in struggle and Bandivasachi aath varsh (Eight Years of Imprisonment)[1] Godavari was given the Lokmanya Tilak Award and the Savitribai Phule Award for her service towards the marginalized and downtrodden communities in India.