![]() ![]() I bombarded Suraj with questions about his past, present and future as we conversed energetically in our common mother tongue-Marathi. Once done with the valedictory function, Suraj, his Slovenian companion Tasha, and I drove for an hour to eat the best mango fish curry on earth at the famous Paragon restaurant. I had not read the book-but now I will, after meeting Suraj at the just concluded Kerala Lit Fest in Kozhikode.ĭressed like a rockstar in strawberry pink drainpipe pants, a rainbow hued ganji hugging his lithe frame, fitted navy blue blazer with a foppish pocket square, pitch black shades (indoors) and a halo of unruly curls framing his face-the man had attitude written all over him, as he pulled up a chair and introduced himself. The book (published in 2019) is frequently described as explosive, and Suraj Yengde, the 35-year-old author, gets blurbed as a first generation dalit scholar, educated across continents, who challenges deep-seated beliefs about caste and unpacks its many layers. Frank admission: I had heard of the book (Caste Matters), but forgotten the name of the author. ![]()
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