CASTE MATTERS

Book Details

• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

• Author: Suraj Yengde

• Translators: Pranali Yengde, Priyanka Tupe

• Language: Marathi (Translated from English)

• Edition: 3rd Edition

• Publishing Year: January 2022

• ISBN: 9789392482960

• Pages: 316

• Cover: Paperback

• Category: Autobiography

About The Book

CASTE MATTERS is a groundbreaking and explosive autobiography by Suraj Yengde, a first-generation Dalit scholar who challenges deeply entrenched beliefs about caste. With his education spanning continents, Yengde offers a searing critique of the caste system, sharing his gut-wrenching experiences of growing up in a Dalit basti and the daily humiliations that Dalits endure. Despite these harsh realities, the book celebrates the extraordinary resilience of Dalits, fueled by love, humor, and hope.

Yengde doesn't shy away from revealing the immovable glass ceiling that exists for Dalits in institutions such as politics, bureaucracy, and the judiciary. He provides a brutally honest account of the divisions within the Dalit community itself, from internal caste differences to the role of elite Dalits perpetuating modern-day untouchability. These divisions exist under the ever-present shadow of Brahminical doctrines that shape every facet of life.

This path-breaking book exposes how caste not only stifles human creativity but also mirrors other forms of oppression like race, class, and gender. At once a reflection on inequality and a call to arms, CASTE MATTERS makes an impassioned argument that unless Dalits seize power and Brahmins join forces against Brahminism, caste will continue to dictate lives and opportunities.

This powerful translation into Marathi by Pranali Yengde and Priyanka Tupe ensures that the vital message of the book reaches a wider audience, urging them to confront the ongoing societal structures that perpetuate caste-based oppression.