The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
By: Thenmozhi Soundararajan
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded …
Want to Read $ 12.99"Systems of faith are systems before they are places of faith. They are made by people and share the flaws of their builders."-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
"Systems of faith are systems before they are places of faith. They are made by people and share the flaws of their builders."-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
"People in the West need to know that most of the spiritual, intellectual, and cultural products of South Asia are tainted by Brahmanism. What may have offered you liberation and healing also causes caste-oppressed people to suffer. You don't have to give up those practices or concepts, but the call is to be intentional and acknowledge the caste harm. Your faith is bound to the violence it sanctions. For practitioners of Brahminical traditions, this reckoning may be painful. It's hard to admit the gulf between your values and the history of your spiritual practice, but if you do not wish to be complicit in the suffering of others, then you must confront these truths. When we exalt some aspects of spiritual practices, we cannot be fully aware and present. People enter spiritual practices and surrender everything without critical judgment and informed consent. Any faith is a practice of teachings that come from an ego, and those can then be interpreted by bad actors. To my mind, part of being a seeker is to interrogate all teachings and practices, to stay soft and flexible as opposed to rigid and dogmatic, to move slowly enough to be able to see when we're being blinded to the truth."-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
"People in the West need to know that most of the spiritual, intellectual, and cultural products of South Asia are tainted by Brahmanism. What may have offered you liberation and healing also causes caste-oppressed people to suffer. You don't have to give up those practices or concepts, but the call is to be intentional and acknowledge the caste harm. Your faith is bound to the violence it sanctions. For practitioners of Brahminical traditions, this reckoning may be painful. It's hard to admit the gulf between your values and the history of your spiritual practice, but if you do not wish to be complicit in the suffering of others, then you must confront these truths. When we exalt some aspects of spiritual practices, we cannot be fully aware and present. People enter spiritual practices and surrender everything without critical judgment and informed consent. Any faith is a practice of teachings that come from an ego, and those can then be interpreted by bad actors. To my mind, part of being a seeker is to interrogate all teachings and practices, to stay soft and flexible as opposed to rigid and dogmatic, to move slowly enough to be able to see when we're being blinded to the truth."-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
If you liked the memoir plot in The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition by Thenmozhi Soundararajan , here is a list of 10 books like this:
1. One Part Woman
By: பெருமாள் முருகன் , Aniruddhan Vasudevan , Perumal Murugan , Deepa Samuel
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
All of Kali and Ponna’s efforts to conceive a child—from prayers to penance, potions to pilgrimages… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in பெருமாள் முருகன்'s One Part Woman book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- feminism
- india
- asia
"There is no female without the male, and no male without the female. The world goes on only when they come together."-பெருமாள் முருகன், One Part Woman
2. Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
By: Matt Ridley
3.83
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
The human genome, the complete set of genes housed in twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, is nothing… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Matt Ridley's Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- nonfiction
- history
3. The Annihilation of Caste
By: B.R. Ambedkar
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
"What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India." --Ana… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in B.R. Ambedkar's The Annihilation of Caste book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
4. Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair
By: Christina Lamb , Nujeen Mustafa
4.15
Format: None pages, ebook
Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christin… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Christina Lamb's Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
5. Bhimayana
By: Srividya Natarajan , S. Anand , None , Subhash Vyam
3.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be an untouchable in India? Why do some Indians despise the touch of others? B… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Srividya Natarajan's Bhimayana book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
6. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cornel West's Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
7. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Vincent Bevins's If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
8. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
Want to Read $ 7.92Similar categories in Ashley Shew's Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
9. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
By: Jehad Abusalim
4.70
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Imagining the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid, Light in Gaza is a p… read more
Want to Read $ 15.67Similar categories in Jehad Abusalim's Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
10. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
By: Mosab Abu Toha
4.74
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Mosab Abu Toha's Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
11. Caste Matters
By: Suraj Yengde
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this explosive book, Suraj Yengde, a first-generation Dalit scholar educated across continents, … read more
Want to Read $ 25.99Similar categories in Suraj Yengde's Caste Matters book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- politics
- india
- social justice
- nonfiction
- sociology
12. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- feminism
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
13. Azadi
By: Arundhati Roy
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of My Seditious Heart and the Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a new and … read more
Want to Read $ 10.05Similar categories in Arundhati Roy's Azadi book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- asia
- politics
- india
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"...as the Covid-19 pandemic burns through us, our world is passing through a portal. We have journeyed to a place from which it looks unlikely that we can return, at least not without some kind of se…"-Arundhati Roy, Azadi
14. We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.19
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Raja Shehadeh's We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- politics
- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
15. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
By: Prachi Gupta
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in t… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Prachi Gupta's They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- race
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
- india
"We abide by their story because we think that is how we gain acceptance in America. But we cannibalize our bodies, our spirits and our minds to feed a hunger that never abates. We struggle under a we…"-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
"The world we live in, which demands perfection and achievement, teaches us we cannot love ourselves as we are. The myth teaches us to think greatness always resides outside us instead of within us. W…"-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
"We had each been raised to believe that every unknown could be resolved through willpower and intellect, a message reinforced by America's rigid conception of who we are supposed to be. The truth is,…"-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
16. The Daughters of Madurai
By: Rajasree Variyar
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the s… read more
Want to Read $ 11.49Similar categories in Rajasree Variyar's The Daughters of Madurai book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- asia
- india
17. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
Want to Read $ 10.49Similar categories in Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
18. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
By: Dean Spade
4.38
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more
Want to Read $ 7.39Similar categories in Dean Spade's Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
19. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
Want to Read $ 11.39Similar categories in Kelly Hayes's Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
20. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Susan Muaddi Darraj's Behind You Is the Sea book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
21. Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir
By: Yashica Dutt
4.25
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
Dalit student Rohith Vemula’s tragic suicide in January 2016 started many charged conversations aro… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Yashica Dutt's Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- history
- memoir
- politics
- india
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"As I walked to the Barnard main gate, I saw sharply dressed young couples lining up to take photos in front of the huge Ambedkar poster. That's when it finally stuck me: Ambedkar was an icon, a celeb…"-Yashica Dutt, Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir
22. Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World
By: Sharon Salzberg
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation comes a guidebook for how to use mind… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Sharon Salzberg's Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- nonfiction
23. The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
By: Wendell Berry
4.03
Format: 513 pages, Paperback
Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continue… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Wendell Berry's The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- politics
- race
- history
- nonfiction
24. Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
By: Alice Wong
4.25
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Alice Wong's Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- feminism
- social justice
- nonfiction
- memoir
25. Friday Black
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.05
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt… read more
Want to Read $ 14.49Similar categories in Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Friday Black book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- race
"We’re in How-It-Was class."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
"Buy One Get One stops for no one."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
"I locate: your life is in the hands of someone who doesn't even know you and thinks you don't deserve it."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
"You have to grab for happiness in places like this because there isn't enough to go around for everybody."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
26. Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072
By: M.E. O'Brien
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe … read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in M.E. O'Brien's Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- politics
27. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
By: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
4.65
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and acti… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Miss Major Griffin-Gracy's Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- race
- history
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
"I would hope that someone would step away from this book recognising that "transgender" does not encompass just one type of person."-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"If self-hatred was hammered into you when you were young, Major wants you to know that you're important - that being an outsider helps you develop skin that's both tough and pliable in social situati…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"The Powers That Be: the corporate, government, and nonprofit actors who work to preserve the status quo, and the forces in the world who want us all to fit into our proper places in an established so…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
28. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's Little Rot book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
29. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
By: Bex Ollerton
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- nonfiction
- memoir
30. The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
By: Thenmozhi Soundararajan
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- race
- history
- memoir
- feminism
- politics
- asia
- india
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"Systems of faith are systems before they are places of faith. They are made by people and share the flaws of their builders."-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
"People in the West need to know that most of the spiritual, intellectual, and cultural products of South Asia are tainted by Brahmanism. What may have offered you liberation and healing also causes c…"-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
31. Good Book: How White Evangelicals Save the Bible to Save Themselves
By: Jill Hicks-Keeton
3.79
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
Good Book ?interrogates how white evangelical Christians in the US make the Bible the "Good Book." … read more
Want to Read $ 17.95Similar categories in Jill Hicks-Keeton's Good Book: How White Evangelicals Save the Bible to Save Themselves book and Thenmozhi Soundararajan's The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
- nonfiction
