Yashica Dutt on Coming Out as Dalit
Ideas of India
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Introduction
Yashikadat is a journalist and writer based in new york city. She wrote the book, coming as dalit, which is a memoir of her experience as a dalet child and woman hiding her cast identity in india. We spoke about the need for dalets to hide their cast identity,. Her learning to take pride in her family's history and identity., breaking cast and dogamy, merit and reservations, cast discrimination in the united states, and more.
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