· Suraj Yengde’s 'Caste Matters' Suggests New Directions for the Anti-Caste Movement The book is not just on matters of caste in the past, but is also an (auto)biography and ethnography of . · In this explosive book, Suraj Yengde, a first-generation Dalit scholar educated across continents, challenges deep-seated beliefs about caste and unpacks its many layers. He describes his gut-wrenching experiences of growing up in a Dalit basti, the multiple humiliations suffered by Dalits on a daily basis, and their incredible resilience enabled by love and humour.5/5(1). · Caste Matters, an explosive book by Suraj Yengde, a first-generation Dalit scholar educated across continents, challenges deep-seated beliefs about caste. He describes his gut-wrenching experiences of growing up in a Dalit basti, the multiple humiliations suffered by Dalits on a daily basis, and their incredible resilience enabled by love and www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.
Suraj Yengde, author of Caste Matters, curates the fortnightly 'Dalitality' column. 📣 The Indian Express is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines. For all the latest Opinion News, download Indian Express App. Caste Matters, the stunning new book by Suraj Yengde, invokes the personal and the political to provide us a searing perspective of caste in 21 st century India. Partha Chatterjee calls it "A book that demands to be read". Anand Teltumbde writes, "Caste Matters is an experiential exposition of the hidden side of caste by a promising young scholar who has risen from the dark alleys of his. Caste Matters () is Dailt scholar, activist Suraj Yengde's first book. The title alludes to the book Race Matters () by American philosopher and public intellectual, Prof. Cornel West, who is also Yengde's mentor. Thus, the title shows that Yengde took upon himself similar project regarding dailt people as that of Prof. Cornel West about coloured people, to make dailt voices audible.
Suraj Yengde in his debut book “Caste Matters” dissects the caste system and provides an insight into various aspects of caste system. Being a Dalit himself, he presents a firsthand account of what it means to be a Dalit. Suraj Yengde’s 'Caste Matters' Suggests New Directions for the Anti-Caste Movement The book is not just on matters of caste in the past, but is also an (auto)biography and ethnography of the. In Caste Matters, Suraj Yengde offers a definitive answer — in the negative. Suraj Yengde is a scholar-activist affiliated with the Harvard Kennedy School in New York.
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