Rahul Banerjee recounts some of the verses of the Bhils, and notes how contemporary struggles have been etched in verse.

Some of the modern Bhili poets have used the traditional style and put in new revolutionary lyrics and this has been most effective in mobilising the Bhil masses to rebellion. The greatest of them all are the poems of Vaharu Sonowane. Vaharu Sonowane was one of the leading activists of the Shramik Sangathana movement of the Bhils of Shahada in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra against the practice of bonded labour. Here is one song by him-

Coming and going to and fro to the police station
Spending time in jails and eating government ration
Courts are our kindergartens we have nothing to fear
Dont bother us brother policeman dont bother us dear