Suraj Yengde

Global anti-caste scholar and activist Suraj Yengde discusses the future of the Ambedkarite anti-caste struggle, woke culture, Rahul Gandhi, and the INDIA alliance. He also talks about categorising Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims, the significance of politics, spirituality, and Buddhism, the influence of Kanshiram in making Periyaar a well-known figure, and the complexities of Dalit identity within religion and caste.

Anupama Rao, historian at Columbia who studies colonialism, gender, and caste politics. Suraj Yengde, scholar, public intellectual, and anti-caste activist. They explore how caste is defined as a power-based social order. They compare caste and race globally. They trace historical turns, discuss Ambedkar’s Buddhist rupture, lived Dalit imaginaries, and why Wilkerson’s book struck a chord.

Anupama Rao, Columbia history professor who studies colonialism, gender, and caste, and Suraj Yengde, scholar and anti-caste activist and author, map the contours of caste. They unpack defining caste as embodied social relations. They debate comparing caste and race. They trace historical formations, endogamy and violence, and the politics of caste privilege.