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Thursday, February 19, 2026
TopicYashica Dutt

Topic: Yashica Dutt

‘Not Dalit enough’: US anti-caste group issues statement in support of ‘Coming out as Dalit’ author

University of California (UC) Collective for Caste Abolition describes its cause as ‘pushing for caste abolition in, and beyond, the UC system’. It issued the statement earlier this month.

Letter to publishers of Yashica Dutt’s ‘Coming out as Dalit’ seeks review of title in new edition

New Delhi: A group of queer and/or Dalit people, including writers, editors and activists, has called for the publishers of author Yashica Dutt’s book...

Made in Heaven appropriated queer ‘coming out’ and so did Yashica Dutt, writes Sumit Baudh

Coming out is not a onetime declaration. For many queer persons, it is a repeated experience.

‘My story was good enough, but not me?’ Yashica Dutt’s five weeks of hell

In the middle of relentless hate and negativity, Yashica Dutt's identity — from Dalitness to queerness — has been peeled bare in the public eye. The controversy is now one big intersectional khichdi.

Indian films and OTTs see money in Dalit stories. But watch out for symbolic violence

Dalit creative diaspora must contend with coerced aesthetic labour to survive in the media and entertainment industry. Unfortunately, their struggle finds no room or narrative support.

The IITs have a long history of systematically othering Dalit students

The toxic belief that ‘quota students’ are innately less able than ‘mainstream students’ is at the heart of this caste-based exclusion.

On Camera

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.