Trupti Desai is an Indian social worker working in the field of bringing equality between men and women. They have also started their own organizations – Bhumata Brigade and Bhumata Foundation. This organization based in Pune is fighting against injustice and corruption against women.
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Wiki/Biography
Trupti Desai was born on Thursday, 12 December 1985 (age 35 years; as in 2021) in Nipani, Belgaum, Karnataka. Their zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Nipani was located on the border of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and his family had its roots in Kolhapur. At the age of eight, the whole family left Kolhapur and moved to Pune. After completing her schooling, she went to Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thackeray Women’s University, Mumbai, but due to some personal reasons she left her graduation degree in the first year.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 3″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Tripti’s father’s name is Dattatraya Narasimha Shinde and mother’s name is Sanjeevani Shinde. He has a younger sister, Tejshree Shinde.
husband and children
She married Prashant Desai in 2006 and has a son, Yogiraj Desai.
Trupti Desai with her husband and son
Religion
Trupti Desai belongs to a Hindu family. His family is very religious and he is a staunch follower of spiritual guru Gangagiri Maharaj of Kolhapur.
livelihood
After leaving college, Trupti was appointed president of the Krantiveer Jhopri Vikas Sangh organization. The goal of the organization was to work for the welfare of people living in slum areas. They will generally help them in overcoming their daily problems like providing ration cards, dealing with unemployment, legal problems etc. In 2007, Trupti Desai led protests against NCP president Ajit Pawar and Ajit Co-operative Bank for alleged fraud of Rs. 50 crores. The bank took money from more than 35,000 people and did not pay them back. Trupti formed Ajit Bank Sangharsh Samiti to help people recover their money and after a four-year long court case, she was successful in recovering money from 29,000 people. After the success of this protest people suggested that Trupti should start an organization to help the people and help them fight for their rights. This led to the formation of Bhumata Brigade in 2010. After the Ajit Co-operative Bank protest and formation of the organization, Trupti came into limelight and was noticed by some senior officials of the Indian National Congress (INC). The party offered him a ticket to contest from Balaji Nagar ward in the next civic elections. Despite the campaign and her popularity, she lost the election. The organization was working for the benefit of both men and women, however, Trupti formed a separate wing specifically to help women, named Bhumata Ranragini Brigade. This wing played an important role in the protest that was held against the old tradition of not allowing women entry in the Shani Shingnapur temple of Maharashtra.
Trupti Desai during a protest
controversies
- In November 2015, Trupti saw news of priests cleaning the idol at the Shani Shingnapur temple after a woman entered the premises of the place of worship. Seeing this news, Trupti became agitated and decided to protest against the years-long practice and the temple board. They demanded equal rights for women and allowing them to worship in the temple just like men. The protests intensified and the state government asked the board to allow women to enter the temple. On 8 April 2016, Trupti along with several other women marched towards the temple and entered the Shani Shingnapur temple. In the attention of media sources and throughout the country, several questions were raised regarding the funding of the protests. In response to this Trupti said-
There are social organizations like Chhatrapati Group in Kolhapur who helped us organize buses to take women from Kolhapur and Pune to Shani Shingnapur.
Trupti Desai in Shani Shingnapur Temple
- After the success of this movement, Trupti decided to start a movement to give women the right to pray in all temples. After this she took the movement to Mahalakshmi Temple in Kolhapur. The temple management allowed them to enter the temple but the priests and the people of the city were ready to stop them from entering the temple. Following the attack, a case was registered against five priests and two others, who were later arrested for attacking Trupti Desai and her supporters. On the other hand, Trupti warned the authorities that if no action was taken against the accused, she would return to Kolhapur and lodge a formal complaint against the priests. She also alleged that the priests had planned to murder her inside the temple premises.
- Trupti Desai further expanded her agitation and aimed to enter Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai. When she reached there, she encountered an angry mob who started banging her car window and asking her to turn back and leave the place. He also received a call with an anonymous tip that there was a reward of Rs. Rs 1 lakh on that. After this incident, they decided to march towards the residence of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. However, residence security and police officials stopped him, saying he would need an appointment before meeting the CM.
Trupti Desai talking to former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
- In November 2018, Trupti Desai aimed to visit the Sabarimala temple in Kerala to ask the temple board to revoke the old rule of not allowing women of menstrual age group to enter the temple. This rule was imposed in 1991 due to the religious sentiments of the people. Although this rule was struck down by the Supreme Court of India in October 2018, temple authorities still do not allow women to enter the temple. Trupti Desai decided to visit the temple and when she landed at Cochin International Airport, she was stopped from exiting the airport as a large number of protesters were waiting for her outside. After being stranded at the airport for fourteen hours, he was sent back to Pune.
- In 2017, Trupti Desai faced charges under the Anti-Dalit Atrocities Act for ill-treatment of a Dalit doctor, Vijay Makassare. In the official statement, Vijay said that he was going somewhere when Trupti Desai along with her husband and some goons stopped him in the middle of the road and started beating and abusing him.
Trupti Desai is getting arrested
Facts/General Knowledge
- After her first failed attempt, Trupti Desai went back to Haji Ali Dargah in May 2016 with police escort and succeeded in entering the mosque, but she could not enter the inner sanctum, where only men were allowed to enter.
At Haji Ali Dargah I prayed that women should be allowed entry into the inner sanctum as was the case before ’11: Trupti Desai pic.twitter.com/DtYASmBtDu
– ANI (@ANI) 12 May 2016
- Trupti Desai starred in Blush’s original series The Angry Goddesses. In her and her team’s episode, during the introduction, Trupti was seen coming out of her house with a stick in her hand.
- Tripti’s father, Dattatraya Narasimha Shinde, was sentenced to six months in jail and a fine of Rs. In 2019, a fine of Rs 60 lakh was imposed on him. Shinde was a follower of Gagangiri Maharaj of Kolhapur and businessman Maheshkumar J. Atal was also a follower of the spiritual guru. He started going to Shinde’s house thinking that it was the Guru’s temple and started donating money. After some time, when Atal asked for his money, Trupti’s father decided not to give it back and subsequently a lawsuit was filed against him which lasted for fifteen years, after which the case was settled out of court.
- In November 2019, Trupti Desai along with another social activist Bindu Ammini and some of her supporters decided to march towards the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, but protesters stopped them at the airport. In July 2020, Bindu Ammini was attacked with chilli powder by protesters when she was visiting the Police Commissioner’s office in Kochi. She was in the office to talk about security arrangements for the visit to Sabarimala temple.
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