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| birth_name = Yashica Dutt Nidaniya
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| birth_place = [[Ajmer]], [[Rajasthan]], India
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| notable_works = ''Coming Out as Dalit''
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'''Yashica Dutt''' is an [[India]]n writer and journalist, who currently lives in [[New York City]]. Yashica has written on a broad range of topics including fashion, gender, identity, culture<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Yashica |title=9 arguments used to silence me after I came out as Dalit (and why they failed spectacularly) |url=https://scroll.in/article/802467/9-arguments-used-to-silence-me-after-i-came-out-as-dalit-and-why-they-failed-spectacularly |access-date=27 April 2019 |publisher=Scroll.in |date=26 January 2016}}</ref> and caste.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Yashica |title=For Salman Khan and co, being ugly or untalented is the same as being Bhangi |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/hearing-someone-use-word-bhangi-feels-like-liquid-acid-in-ears/24386/ |access-date=27 April 2019 |publisher=The Print |date=24 December 2017}}</ref> She was previously working as a Principal Correspondent with Brunch, [[Hindustan Times]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/on-the-brunch-radar/story-FRNbjXQzZ7sMGFtkEwg6kM.html|title=On the Brunch Radar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/a-queer-ban-in-india-gay-and-legal-in-nepal/story-qMbDekPRzcuTKideEJ7WnM.html|title=A queer ban in India, gay and legal in Nepal}}</ref> She also worked with [[The Asian Age]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.asianage.com/category/author/yashica-dutt-asian-age|title=Yashica Dutt (The Asian Age)|publisher=The Asian Age}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Yashica was born in a [[Valmiki caste|Valmiki]] ([[Dalit]]) family in Ajmer, Rajasthan on 5 February 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/blogs/dalit-suicide-hyderabad-today-im-coming-out-as-a-dalit/|title=Today I am coming out as Dalit}}</ref> Her mother's name is Shashi Dutt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/how-one-woman-defies-caste-discrimination-in-india/|title=How one woman defies caste discrimination in India}}</ref> She completed her graduation in B.Sc from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 2007. Yashica completed her Master's degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] in 2015.

==Career==
As a freelance journalist, Yashica has worked with [[Hindustan Times]], [[LiveMint]], [[Scroll.in]], [[The Wire]] and [[HuffPost]] India. During her stint at the Hindustan Times, she initiated the social media activities for Brunch, the Sunday magazine of Hindustan Times. Yashica writes on Dalit related social issues<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/yashica-dutt-/so-you-want-to-meaningful_b_9129308.html|title=The Non-Dalit's Guide To Debating Meaningfully About Caste}}</ref> and is the founder of dalitdiscrimination.tumblr.com, a Tumblr blog portal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/blog/why-today-is-the-day-i-am-coming-out-dalit-1268135|title=Today, I'm Coming Out As Dalit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/yashica-dutt-/why-im-coming-out-as-dali_b_9035094.html|title=Today, I'm Coming Out As Dalit|date=21 January 2016|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref> Yashica has reported from India, Nepal, Bhutan, Turkey and Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/yashica-dutt-/|title=Huffington post profile}}</ref>

==Book==
''Coming Out as Dalit'' is Yashica's book published by [[Aleph Book Company]]. It is her memoir about growing up in a Dalit family. In the book, she describes how she felt compelled to hide her caste and pretended to be of another caste, all along terrified of her true identity being found out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahtab |first1=Alam |title=Interview - 'But You Don't Look like a Dalit': Yashica Dutt on 'Coming Out as Dalit' |url=https://thewire.in/caste/coming-out-as-dalit-yashica-dutt |access-date=27 April 2019 |publisher=The Wire |date=24 March 2019}}</ref> Her decision to end the pretense of being an upper caste woman was triggered by a University of Hyderabad Dalit student [[Rohith Vemula]]'s last letter, which was made public following his suicide. The book details her journey of coming to terms with her true identity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coming Out as Dalit |url=http://www.alephbookcompany.com/book/coming-out-as-dalit/ |website=Aleph Book Company |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> The book is a social commentary woven with personal experiences.<ref>{{cite web |last1=G |first1=Sampath |title='Coming Out as Dalit — A Memoir' review: A Dalit who stopped being a 'brahmin' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/coming-out-as-dalit-a-memoir-review-a-dalit-who-stopped-being-a-brahmin/article26290233.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> She received the [[Sahitya_Akademi#Yuva_Puraskar|Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar]] for the book in the English category for the year 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sahitya-akademi-announces-bal-sahitya-puraskar-yuva-puraskar-2020-961327.html|title=Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya Puraskar, Yuva Puraskar 2020|work=Deccan Herald|date=March 12, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://columbia.academia.edu/YDutt Columbia University profile]
* {{Twitter|yashicadutt}}
* {{Facebook|yashica.dutt}}

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