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The caste system is supposed to be inescapable-you cannot change the caste into which you are born. But are there ways to elude the system? Concealing Caste tells the stories of women and men in India who, though born into communities stigmatized as 'untouchable,' are perceived by others as 'high caste.' Like the literature on racial passing in the American context, the short stories and autobiographical essays in this volume reveal the inner workings of a vicious social order, illuminating the contradictions of caste hierarchy through the experience of those who clandestinely transgress its boundaries. Concealing Caste is the first collection of Dalit writings focused on this public secret. Bringing together Dalit literature from Marathi, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, English and Malayalam-including stories and essays never before translated-this landmark anthology illustrates the agonizing choices and at times devastating consequences faced by Dalits who experiment with identity in a society shot through with the principle of birth-based inequality.
Contents
1: Joel Lee/K Satyanarayana: Introduction
2: Baburao Bagul: When I Hid My Caste
3: Omprakash Valmiki: Dread
4: M.M. Vinodini: The Parable of the Lost Daughter: Luke 15: 11-32
5: Ajay Navaria: New Custom
6: Surajpal Chauhan: Raw Deal
7: Sharankumar Limbale: Friend of the Family
8: Jai Prakash Kardam: No Bar
9: Omprakash Valmiki: Sandstorm
10: C. Ayyappan: Madness
11: Ajay Navaria: Tattoo
12: BR Ambedkar: Waiting for a Visa
13: Kausalya Baisantry: Doubly Cursed
14: Omprakash Valmiki: Joothan
15: Jai Prakash Kardam: My Caste
16: Urmila Pawar: Weave of my Life
17: Manoranjan Byapari: Interrogating my Chandal Life
18: Shailaja Paik: The Flood
19: Yashica Dutt: Coming Out as Dalit
20: Pratibha Jeyachandran: In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
