SocioLogical

The website,which is in the Beta testing phase as of now,has a feature called the Killedar application. Explaining the concept,Aher says,“In the olden days,a fort used to be under a killedar (fort in-charge). Similarly,on the website,when a person reaches 250 friends,he is appointed killedar. We have various ranks beginning from a mavala to a senapati,and over 390 forts through which people can become killedars and progress further on.”

Aher says that the site will not only connect people,but also ensure that they get a chance to learn more about the history of the Marathas. “We will be putting up more information about every fort from time to time. People can read about them,interact with groups working towards their restoration and also towards generating pride about our history,” says Kulkarni,a student of DY Patil College,Talegaon.

Another app on the site is the book upload application. “Every day we will be uploading a page of famous books about the state of Maharashtra,its history and culture in different languages. There are two reasons behind it. One,we have not found any other site doing this. Two,we will be able to get more and more people to read them. Perhaps they will ignore the book for the first two-three times,but we are sure they will eventually get around to it. The challenge is getting people hooked onto the reading part. Once more and more people start reading about our history,they can be inspired to do something about it,” adds Kulkarni.