“Our blood was spilled for this glorious city and what we got was the right to eat stones. Now, now we must explode the building that kisses the sky.”
Who is the author of the above poem?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Namdeo Dhasal
The poem is by the well-known Marathi poet Namdeo Dhasal; Dalit poets in Maharashtra wrote many such poems during the decade of seventies.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Rise of Popular Movements’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 7: Rise of Popular Movements, box ‘Namdeo Dhasal’ (English translation by Jayant Karve and Eleanor Zelliot of Namdeo Dhasal’s Marathi poem in Golpitha), and the section ‘Dalit Panthers’
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