Raghunath Vishnu Pandit is a name of considerable renown in the literary circles of ‘modern’ Indian poetry in Konkani. While his poetic work has been lauded for its distinct style and cadence, relatively less attention has been paid to the counter-discursive thematic patterns that recur in his poems. Born on 6 April 1917, in Siridao, Goa, Pandit went on to become a celebrated Konkani poet, ushering in a new age in Konkani literature. Hailing from a culturally rich Goud Saraswat Brahmin family, he pursued higher education in Pune, where his literary and artistic inclinations flourished. Deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, he actively participated in India’s independence and Goa’s pro-liberation movements. Although he belonged to an affluent background, Pandit wrote persistently about vulnerable communities rendered socio-economically, politically and culturally marginalized as much by internalized caste-based hegemonies as by the historical processes of colonization. A twentieth-century poet, Pandit wrote mostly in free verse, stylistically embodying the subversive stance of his writing. One of his early poetry collections, evocatively titled Mhojem Utar Gavdyachem (I speak as a Gaudo), published in 1963, echoes a fervent voice of resistance, representation, transgression and social justice. It calls for a compelling reading into the seemingly innocuous machinations of dominant aesthetics and cultural insignia that selectively participate in the systemic suppression of marginal communities. Against this backdrop, this chapter, using the frameworks of Marxist and Subaltern Studies, proposes to map the paradigm of ideology, identity and literary activism in select poems of Pandit to highlight the ‘poetics of protest’ therein and underscore the contemporary relevance of his voice.