Arjun Dangle

Arjun Dangle

Arjun Dangle, born in Mumbai in 1945, is an important name in the politics and literature of Maharashtra. A founder member of the militant Dalit youth organization, the Dalit Panthers, he has also been the president of the State Unit of the Bharatiya Republican Party of India.

Dangle’s poetry, essays and short stories, published to critical acclaim, have been translated into several Indian and foreign languages.