Shailendra

A recent article Shailendra — the Leftist poet and Dalit genius whose lyrics define beauty of simplicity despite what the article says, it was known that he was a Dalit. “Babu Jagjivan Ram, on his birthday, on August 30, 1966, said he was the most popular ‘Harijan’ poet of India after Sant Ravi Das.” From https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/entertainment/shailendra-poet-of-the-masses-not-given-his-due-in-hindi-literature