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Indian journalist Yashica Dutt joins us to talk about her memoir, Coming out as Dalit, where she details her journey from rejecting and hiding her "lower-caste" status to embracing it and advocating for Dalit rights. Weaving between Yashica's personal story and India's political history, we cover everything from pre-colonial inequalities, colonial atrocities, post-colonial absurdities, and current-day injustices (from India to Silicon Valley). Oh, and we get Yashica's not-hot take on Isabel Wilkerson's book, too.
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Stitcher. Follow @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.
On the agenda:
* Hiding my caste and "passing" [7:17]
* Reservation and its discontents [21:42]
* The absurdities of post-colonial studies [29:13]
* Gandhi, not a great guy [39:34]
* The backlash to progressive values [52:30]
* The conversation about caste vs. race [1:09:09]
* Casteism in Silicon Valley [1:22:43]
* Isabel Wilkerson's Americanized lens [1:29:09]
* Coming out as Dalit [1:35:38]
Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com
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Indian journalist Yashica Dutt joins us to talk about her memoir, Coming out as Dalit, where she details her journey from rejecting and hiding her "lower-caste" status to embracing it and advocating for Dalit rights. Weaving between Yashica's personal story and India's political history, we cover everything from pre-colonial inequalities, colonial atrocities, post-colonial absurdities, and current-day injustices (from India to Silicon Valley). Oh, and we get Yashica's not-hot take on Isabel Wilkerson's book, too.
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Stitcher. Follow @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.
On the agenda:
* Hiding my caste and "passing" [7:17]
* Reservation and its discontents [21:42]
* The absurdities of post-colonial studies [29:13]
* Gandhi, not a great guy [39:34]
* The backlash to progressive values [52:30]
* The conversation about caste vs. race [1:09:09]
* Casteism in Silicon Valley [1:22:43]
* Isabel Wilkerson's Americanized lens [1:29:09]
* Coming out as Dalit [1:35:38]
Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com

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