Guilt entered her soul early and settled into sediment, she says. She heard some lighter-skinned African Americans talk of how they used to “pass” as white, assuming certain habits, tastes, language and mannerisms, just as her mother had mimicked those of upper caste Hindus.Īs part of her book tour, Dutt was back in India appearing at the Jaipur Literature Festival last month when the Guardian met her in a Delhi cafe, she cut a striking figure with her wavy hair, black leather jacket and hands flashing with chunky rings. In the US Dutt, 34, discovered a parallel with her own experience. She worked as a journalist in Delhi and pursued a master’s at Columbia University in New York, where she now lives and works for an advertising agency. Dutt went to boarding school and then studied at St Stephen’s, perhaps the most prestigious university in India. It tells of her mother’s ambition to overcome poverty and give her children an education, without support and with an alcoholic husband. Dutt recounts the story in her book, Coming Out as Dalit.
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