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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicAnts Among Elephants

Topic: Ants Among Elephants

Sujatha Gidla’s ‘Ants Among Elephants’: Baring the caste bugs in India’s revolution

‘Your life is your caste, your caste is your life’, writes first-time author Sujatha Gidla, who has been unable to escape caste ostracism in faraway USA.

Caste is still a daily struggle for US-based acclaimed author Sujatha Gidla

Author’s mother is still hounded by upper caste neighbours in Andhra, while Indians in the US also frown upon ‘untouchables’ like her family.

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Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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