![]() As more members of the community are able to access education, gain financial autonomy and make intersectional alliances, the issues they are contending with are sometimes different from the past. ![]() As people of the Dalit community, we continue to battle issues of basic amenities, but at the same time our issues have also evolved. Inter-generational alliances play a key role in understanding and furthering the Dalit movement. We need to make room for marginalized castes in feminism, and make room for gender and sexuality in the anti-caste movement. The narrative around caste has largely been male-driven we rarely make the policy agendas with the people we want to make the agendas for. Identities of caste, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion – are all part of our experiences of being women in India. Through the project, I realized that people’s identity, especially that of young, marginalized women, aren’t monolithic. ![]() I started the Anti-Love Caste Project to bring these conversations to popular culture. When I went to university, I started exploring the intersection of love, relationships, caste and religion. My mother was a very prominent feminist activist and even before I knew what my caste was, or who my mother was and the relevance of her work, the conversations I was around shaped my politics and view of the world. ![]()
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