In the Memoir of One Young Woman, the Story of Indian Racism
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for 2021, Yashica Dutt s Coming Out As Dalit is a riveting testament to caste oppression and the daily struggle against it.
Yashica Dutt.
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Coming Out as a Dalit was published in 2019, its selection as the winner of the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar is a reminder of the timelessness of its appeal. It holds oneâs attention from first to last, as she threads her life story through the horrors of Indian casteism, particularly casteism as practised against Dalits.