Laxman Mane Biography 
Laxman Mane is a Marathi writer and a social activist from Maharashtra, most recently in news with allegations of sexual exploitation of three women employees of a residential school. He is the working president of the organisation that runs this school. After rejection of his anticipatory bail plea Mane surrendered to the police on 8 April, 2013 and was remanded to police custody the next day. As a writer, his noted work is autobiography Upara published in 1980. Upara was considered as a milestone is Marathi Dalit literature and received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981. He received Padma Shri from Indian government in the year 2009. He is a former member of Maharashtra's legislative council.
Laxman Mane was born on 1 June, 1949 in a small village Somanthali in Maharashtra in a nomadic tribal family. His autobiography work Upara published in 1980 was the turning point of his writing career and still regarded as one among the best works of Marathi Dalit literature. Through this work, he brought to front the problems of nomadic tribes arising out of their social and economic conditions. His second book Band Darwaja was published in the year 1984. He conducted field work and research on the grand given by Ford Foundation for this novel.
He received a Homi Bhabha Fellowship during 1986-88 for his continued social work. Laxman converted to Buddhism. He has made significant contributions to the nomadic tribes of Maharashtra, through his works as well as social service. He has served as acting president of the Indian Institute for research in the developmental problems of nomadic communities. He has also served as Secretary of Bhartiya bhatke vimukt vikas va sanshodhan santha and General secretary of Mahatma Jyotirao Phyle Samata Prathistan. He is also the founder member of Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishtan.
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Updated: February 19, 2014
