5/22/2023 0 Comments Suraj yengde caste matters![]() ![]() "In the final round, I didn't even have the interview, I was disqualified and the medal was given to someone else," he tells the students. He also tells them about how he suffered from caste discrimination from a young age, he also details the experience in the first chapter of his book - from being asked to stand up in class for not paying his fees to losing out on a the second rank in his college because his Brahmin teacher allegedly discriminated against him to even narrowly missing the President's medal. And I was thrilled by my decision," he tells the students as he narrates his journey. But his decision to go there wasn't very appreciated by his family and not for no reason," My mother could not understand why I would go from a university in London to go to Africa, but I did. Suraj is the first Dalit to get his PhD from an Africa University, "I chose to go there because Nelson Madela studied there," he said. It was during his time in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg that Suraj said he began to embrace his looks and his identity more. ![]()
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