![]() ![]() ![]() She is planning to release Coming Out as Dalit worldwide. Dutt graduated from Columbia Journalism School and lives in New York. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Foriegn Policy and the Atlanic and Coming Out as Dalit is currently being taught at several universities across the United States. But the book largely overlooks the current impact of a. While her voice has been instrumental in understanding the realities of caste as they exist globally and operate within the increasingly prominent Indian diaspora.Ĭoming Out as Dalit is her first book and has received immense critical acclaim from the press and the readers. Her lucid writing & brilliance shines so powerfully that I often had to stop just to catch my breath. Her work seeks to expose caste as the “the invisible arm that turns the gears in nearly every system in India,” and highlights why this issue needs urgent attention. Until she ‘came out’ as Dalit in a Facebook note and wrote a book that’s part non-fiction, part-memoir and wholly a scathing account of how the caste system operates and affects Dalits in today’s India. ![]() She spent a decade covering arts, culture, and fashion in New Delhi and a lifetime hiding her Dalitness to pass as ‘upper’ caste. Yashica Dutt is a leading anti-caste journalist and the author of Coming Out as Dalit. ![]()
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