Namdeo Dhasal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dhasal was born on February 15, 1949, in a village near Pune, India. A member of the Dalit class, he grew up in dire poverty. He spent his childhood in Golpitha, a red light district in Mumbai, where his father worked for a butcher. Following the example of the American Black Panther movement, he founded the Dalit Panther with friends in 1972. This militant organization supported its radical political activism with provocative pamphlets. Dhasal was one of the famous and outspoken members of this group.