Humans of Jharkhand

Bhausaheb Bhawar (Cycling while India since 24 years, 5th time covered every state of India by bicycle, cycling for cause-Female foeticide and dowry prevention)

On 23rd January, Bhausaheb Bhawar was crossing Dhanbad and I got the chance to interview him. His video interview has been uploaded to the Youtube channel 'Humans of Jharkhand' you can find the link at the bottom.
Let's know about the person who has dedicated all his life and spreading the message in society to stop dowry and female foeticide.
Bhausaheb Bhawar is traveling for 24 years on his bicycle for a cause
He has been cycling for nearly two decades across the length and breadth of the country with the mission to promote national integration and communal harmony besides educating people on social evils like dowry eradication and female foeticide. The wanderlust is not yet tired of his arduous journeys and says he would continue his crusade against these social evils, which are hindering the progress of the nation.

Meet, Bhausaheb Bhawar, of Hasnabad village of Jalna district in Maharashtra, who is doing his fourth tour across the country. He reached  Dhanbad on 23rd January and will move further towards Asansol and then will cover the whole of northeastern states. He met with the manager of India oil at Dhanbad and planned his lecture at SSLNT college. He did three cross-country tours between 1993 and 2006 and set out on his fourth on January 1, 2007, from Mumbai. Presently he is on his 5th cross-country tour.
Bhawar had launched his mission when he was only 19 years of age. he says, his family had to pay a huge sum as dowry to get his sister married. “I want to change the mindset of people. Dowry Prohibition Act by itself doesn't deter the people from receiving and giving dowry. Women should stand up for their right,”
he travels around 50 km a day and meets around 100 people on average creating awareness among them against dowry and female foeticide and the importance of national integration. He sleeps at temples or depends on the local people for help who accompany him. In the age of technology, he does not use any cell phones, neither he has a Facebook account but still, people find him on Facebook through the posts of the people he meets.
Referring to the acute shortage of girls in Punjab, the people of Orissa and West Bengal shouldn't give their girls in marriage to boys from Punjab as the latter were aborting the girl child. This was the reason for the sharp decline in the sex ratio in Punjab.

Bhawar, who hasn't made any marriage plans yet, says he plans to set out on a world tour after completing his current tour.
He also plans to write a book on his travels at the end of his mission.
Link for youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGc-84F6jSw&t=25s