She goes to St Stephens to do her undergrad studies, lands jobs in a couple of media publications immediately after, then heads to Columbia for further studies. Dutt`s account of going through her early life hiding the fact that she belonged to the Bhangi caste, adopting a non-specific surname like Dutt, learning to quickly cover any traceable trace of her origins with a mantle of subterfuge, had me reading the book at the slowest pace I have ever read a book, absorbing facts, learning new facts, flinching at old facts.ĭutt passes for an upper caste girl through some luck that has to do with her skin colour, the fact that her parents held down respectable jobs, and that she was a quick study, able to learn and adopt upper caste traits as quick as she spotted them. I have just one word to describe this book: eviscerating. Book review: Coming Out As Dalit by Yashica DuttĬOMING OUT AS DALIT by Yashica Dutt, Aleph Books.
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