of being Dalit, in the backdrop of concurrent identities, politics and motivated rhetoric. While it is easy to see Dutt’s book as a book reflecting the struggles of the Dalit community in India, which it undeniably is a more wholesome view of the book is achieved only by examining how Dutt attempts to locate the identity in question i.e. Yashica Dutt’s powerful prose, that often ventures into social commentary and historical analysis, along with the main narrative of the author’s life, is successful in elevating the book from being an individualized account of a life lived, to a much more universal message about rejecting the archetypical constructions of what living on the margins as a woman and especially a Dalit woman entails. Salinger’s 1951 novel, ‘The catcher in the rye’ is a unique young adult novel. Coming out as a Dalit is a unique autobiography, much in the same way that J.D.
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