Ravali Medari was moved to take up political activism alongside her academic work. Meena Kandasamy looks at how caste and class intersect in her busy life.

Among the mostly savarna panelists, there was one Dalit woman, the poet Meena Kandasamy. She chose to speak in English to a Hindi-speaking audience and addressed the feminist perspective on caste.

Meena Kandasamy is an anti-caste activist, poet, novelist and translator. She has always been interested in deconstructing violence, understanding the trauma caused by caste, gender, and ethnic ...