Post-Colonial Absurdities, Post-Caste Delusions (w/ Yashica Dutt)

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 Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe