NEW YORK, September 14, 2022 — In the sixth panel discussion of the Jaipur Literature Festival New York 2022, Dalit activist Guru Prakash Paswan discusses his book co-authored with Sudarshan Ramabadran, Makers of Modern Dalit History, which features inspiring accounts of the forms of protest, activism, social reform, and the legacies of individuals who battled the divisive, discriminatory force of the caste system in contemporary India. He is joined by former television journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Shazia Ilmi in a conversation with Prashant Jha, senior editor of The Hindustan Times and editor of HT Premium. (45 min., 38 sec.)