Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition) -- Yashica Dutt, Hardcover
Author: Yashica Dutt
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 02/06/2024
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.10w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780807045282
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2023
About the Author
Yashica Dutt is a journalist, activist, award-winning writer, and a leading feminist voice on caste. Born "in a formerly untouchable 'lower' caste family," she passed as dominant caste to survive discrimination. Dutt moved to New Delhi at 17 and became one of the most widely-read culture journalists at a leading English language paper. Eventually coming out as Dalit, she introduced this expression which powerfully resonated in India. Her site, Documents of Dalit Discrimination, was among the first highly visible media spaces for caste oppressed people. Dutt's work has been published in the New York Times, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic, and she has been featured on The BBC, The Guardian and PBS Newshour. Yashica Dutt lives in Brooklyn, New York.