Ten days later, she opened her laptop to find news of his suicide posted all over her social-media feed. He sent Dutt a friend request on Facebook. At this point, her path and that of Rohith Vemula-a 26-year-old Dalit research scholar who stood up against vicious, casteist harassment at the University of Hyderabad-almost crossed. Yashica Dutts compellingly gritty tale offers points of identification for probably scores of third or fourth generation Dalits today, who are new. Seeking to learn more about the Dalit cause, Dutt reached out to activists on social media. Dalit student Rohith Vemulas tragic suicide in January of 2016 started many charged conversations.

Sitting with her friend on a pleasant winter evening at Delhi’s Connaught Place, Yashica Dutt knew she had to confide. When she did, her classmates’ response helped her see that she should not be ashamed and should, in fact, feel outraged. Author: Yashica Dutt Publ: Aleph Book Co. Jaipur Literature Festival: Yashica Dutt wrote a memoir, Coming Out As Dalit penning down her experiences, her constant pretension of being from an upper caste and wilful denial. After listening to such discussions for nearly two months, Dutt came to the painful decision to start talking about her own experiences with caste. Her work has been published in the New York. They did not challenge what was said, but instead showed sympathy for their classmates from minority communities, and even anger on their behalf. Coming Out as Dalit is her first book and has received immense critical acclaim from the press and the readers. What impressed her even more was how the rest of the class reacted to these remarks. She was astounded because, while growing up, attending university and pursuing a career in India she had always had to assiduously hide her caste. Her first book, Coming Out as Dalit, was recently released in the Indian subcontinent to an overwhelmingly positive reception and has earned rave reviews from. There she had an epiphany.ĭutt witnessed her black, Hispanic and gay classmates openly sharing their stories of discrimination and abuse in class discussions. Yashica Dutt moved to New York in 2015 to study journalism at Columbia University.

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