Introduction

This is a conversation with Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the author of 'The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing and Abolution'. She is a Dalit American commentator on religion, race, caste, gender, technology and justice.

She is also the Executive Director of Equality Labs.

We were joined by my friends Rhythima Shinde (who is also Dalit) and Vivek Ramachandran. They both read the book and helped me greatly in the research for this episode, so during one of our chats I asked if they can come on and they gracefully agreed. The result was amazing, as I think you'll agree.

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Mentions and Book Recommendations:

• Debhrahmanising History: Dominance & Resistance in Indian Society by Braj Ranjan Mani
• Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

• The Conspirituality podcast