She is planning to release Coming Out as Dalit worldwide. Dutt graduated from Columbia Journalism School and lives in New York. The author talks about her memoir, shedding her secret, and how a wave of Dalit assertion in art, music and culture could change the game for a new generation. 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. 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 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. Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Journalist and Author 2005present Coming Out as Dalit. She spent a decade covering arts, culture, and fashion in New Delhi and a lifetime hiding her Dalitness to pass as ‘upper’ caste. Woven from personal narratives from her own life as well as that of other Dalits, this book forces us to confront the injustices of caste and also serves as a. Yashica Dutt details the painful personal story of her struggles as a Dalit person, while revealing caste's significant impact on every aspect of Indian society that reaches into communities beyond. Yashica Dutt is a leading anti-caste journalist and the author of Coming Out as Dalit. The coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual and an incriminating analysis of systemic injustice in India.
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