Author’s Note to New Edition
Author’s Note


PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1
The Early Years

CHAPTER 2
The Caste System: How It Began

CHAPTER 3
Education and Financial Strife

CHAPTER 4
Humiliation in Mussoorie

CHAPTER 5
The Reality of Untouchability

CHAPTER 6
The Long Road to St. Stephen’s

CHAPTER 7
The Argument for Reservation

CHAPTER 8
Culture Cache and Onward to Columbia

CHAPTER 9
Dalit Movements and Ambedkar’s Legacy

CHAPTER 10
My Introduction to Ambedkar

CHAPTER 11
Dalit Women’s Movements

CHAPTER 12
The Danger of the Single Narrative

Chapters for Expanded Edition
CHAPTER 13
Silicon Valley, Model Minority, and the Myth of Caste-lessness

CHAPTER 14
The Reckoning of Caste in Tech

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Table of Contents

Author’s Note to New Edition
Author’s Note


PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1
The Early Years

CHAPTER 2
The Caste System: How It Began

CHAPTER 3
Education and Financial Strife

CHAPTER 4
Humiliation in Mussoorie

CHAPTER 5
The Reality of Untouchability

CHAPTER 6
The Long Road to St. Stephen’s

CHAPTER 7
The Argument for Reservation

CHAPTER 8
Culture Cache and Onward to Columbia

CHAPTER 9
Dalit Movements and Ambedkar’s Legacy

CHAPTER 10
My Introduction to Ambedkar

CHAPTER 11
Dalit Women’s Movements

CHAPTER 12
The Danger of the Single Narrative

Chapters for Expanded Edition
CHAPTER 13
Silicon Valley, Model Minority, and the Myth of Caste-lessness

CHAPTER 14
The Reckoning of Caste in Tech

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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