The Trauma of Caste

The Trauma of Caste, by one of North America's leading Dalit activists, is a powerful combination of moving personal memoir, political philosophy and history, and thoughtful meditation exercises and reflections. Thenmozhi Soundararajan's work is both a call for justice and a toolbox for transformation. This book will be an invaluable resource for teaching and for activist work. It provides historical, textual, and material insight into how caste oppression has manifested in visible and invisible ways, embedded in social systems, and internalized in all South Asian bodies over generations. This should be a required read for students and scholars of Hinduism and all South Asian religions.