Samashtee, a universal conceptual terminology was brought into the Marathi literature by the most significant poet Namdeo Dhasal. He dreamt of Samashtee's true objectives and viewed it as the one eternal substance of which the universe is only the ramification or diversified representation. He wished for a universal aggregation. The world he saw was so horrible that he had no choice but to destroy everything first and create the world in his visualizations. He saw that humanity is fragmented into so many pieces that all these wrecked ruins must become obsolete, and humankind must be reborn with a fresh new breath. Only a united human will be alive at such a time. It will not smell of any caste-class-religion-gender-caste-cult. It will live only as a human being. There is hope for creating a new universe, and there is no room for discrimination. There will be equal opportunities for development and prosperity everywhere. No one will harm the creation, the universe, the biological resources. No one shall assault the earth. Namdeo Dhasal, who dreamed of living happily as her children without destroying her, sweeping away every stain of inhumanity and living only as a human being, had built this whole dream in one word 'Samashtee'.

There are many approaches to evaluate and reason the term Samashtee. In Hindu philosophy, 'Samashtee' means a collective prayer to overcome a disastrous catastrophe upon an ensemble. Jains steps further ahead and consider the 'Samashtee' to be the positive reward obtained after the blessings of the aggregate. According to political science, the interpretation of 'Samashtee' is meant by the process of assembling a group of different, multi-colored, multi-lingual ethnic groups into an identity called a nation. So, when it comes to interpreting according to leftist thinking, the 'Samashtee' is the direct meaning of equal distribution and strict observance of all kinds of rights, privileges, and duties. Also, equal distribution of assets available in the group and ownership of other public assets to the group. So that the seeds of any economic or social inequality will not remain. In the philosophy of Ambedkarite literature, its meaning should be derived as Freedom, Equality, Fraternity, Justice, and Constitutional identity should be directed to everyone. It should be the fundamental foundation of everyone's life.

The Purpose of 'Samashtee'

Samashtee is a robust expression of Ambedkarite Literature instead of the unduly dampened expression in Marathi Literature. Today, the same expression is seen gnawing away in the pits of vulnerability, ending the constructive vision of creativity. Dalit Literature had found its seeds in fertile ground and is meant for its immutability. In the last decade, we have not had literature on aesthetics, elitism, mysticism, romanticism, realism, surrealism, expressionism, existentialism, Marxism, formalism, structuralism, psychoanalytic literature and even so, there is hardly any inventiveness. The potential for that creativity lies in Ambedkarite and Dalit literature, respectively.

A naïve generation from a perfectly comfortable environment now experiencing the ravages of materialism dwelling on their threshold of youth is just overwhelmingly pathetic as a useless weed. They tend to call themselves ascertained. They are blind to the eternal beauty in this new expression. The established expression standards limit their minds and imagination in the higher castes, and their brains are concurred by it. That dulled expression in Marathi literature is on the rise again. These so-called established are appalled by the features of dreadfulness, insults, and expression of repulsion in the literature, causing tarnishing the true essence of literary expression. Europe and America have advanced 100 years ahead of us by introducing Impressionism, Symbolism, Synthetism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism through painting and poetry. It has displayed that poetry can be popped, zapped, jazzed, and rapped. Unfortunately, expressionists, artists, writers, and poets in India have done very little in the 1990s and just pulled it from the 1970s. They maintained the same form of poetry without innovation. Poetry never crossed its shores to become paintings, paintings to become novels, novels to become cinemas and feature films. They even failed to generate a market for compelling autobiographies, books, collections of stories and poems other than bookselling stalls on the Mahaparivartan day (6 th December) at Chaityabhoomi Mumbai. However, Arun Kale has dared to pen down poetry of the 21st century. It is a pity that only Arun Kale's poetry has exposed the new inequalities fashioned for the sake of modernism by the post-92 globalization in the face of humanity.

During the post-globalization era, the Internet provided a free way to view, read, and listen to European and global song-music-writing-poetry and other types of performances. It delivered artists who embraced new art forms. They tried to dispel the notion that literature is just something written on a piece of paper.In the literature of these young people, one shall find all the indications of Romanticism, Realism, Cubism, Elitism, Surrealism. Their literary creation's influence, motivation, and strength come from its conflicting forces and struggles of science and technology. All these new artists have no acknowledgement nor the rights forum. For instance, one can only write poetry or set up a platform that changes the dimension of poetry, giving free rein to creativity. If a new platform is to be set up, there is no provision for a financial capital. The lack of willpower is the sole reason. At such times, it is essential to take poetry seriously.

We all plan to set up this forum together. This space, the platform, and people are crawling and stumbling right now. They are being misplaced, and they are on the path of recovery. They have been falling, but they are just like seeds buried deep in the ground. Their poetry, its genres, its plans are all young. Their poems, songs, music, rap beeps, and everything is not palatable by the traditionalists but by those who break the barriers of the traditions. They get forged as if hot iron is hit on the anvil.

Nonetheless, their efforts are intense, sincere, and genuine, and they will continue to hammer. One day society will know and begin to appreciate them. We believe these young boys and girls stood up to draw, paint and express. Their subjects are unlike but, it has created a picture out of poetry, movies out of images. The strokes of their brushes paint all that is good and evil in society. Their inspirations do not come from Europe, America, or Russia but indigenous. We claim that their inspirations are "Ambedkar", remarkable and persisting.

Movements, artists, activists, society, people, debates, thoughts, disputes, nations, constitutions do not form without handholding, cooperation and mutual understanding. We want to do something extraordinary for the next generation that is inspired. The premise of this literature is denial and rebellion. That's the way to go. This new art form is the arrival of revolution. She changes its course and must remain up to date scientifically. Now we don't want to be mere commentators. Once again, there is no need to create literature steeped in mysticism, leaning towards ignorance.

We want to move forward, saying that equality-fraternity and science are our art's foundation. The past, the present and the future are meant to be symphonized. Man is the focal point of individualism yet co-serving together, creation, conspiracy, argument and debate, philosophy. We think this is the man who wants to advance again. He wants to be that pivotal point. This point is the 'Samashtee'. Our emphasis is on this 'Samashtee' and the art that blossoms out of it. We shall arrive for Samashtee 2022 soon.

Written in Marathi by Vaibhav Chhaya
Translated by Kaustubh Savatkar