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Golpitha (1973) is the first poetry collection of Namdeo Dhasal, one of the founders of the Dalit Panther organization and one of the most revolutionary, radical and powerful poets of the Marathi literary world. The poetry in this anthology is extremely political and draws on the locale of Golpitha, a district in Mumbai that is sometimes perceived as the hub of prostitution, gangster wars, and a place where everything criminal, nefarious, exploitative and inhuman finds a place. Though not the first Dalit Marathi poet, his poetry was radical in several ways. Here is a specific poem Man You Should Explode