Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Shailaja Paik is a historian and 2024 #MacFellow exploring the intersection of caste, gender, and sexuality by documenting the lives of Dalit women.

Here, she discusses Tamasha, a popular, secular public performance, and how the women who perform it are branded as vulgar.

Learn more about Shailaja 👇
macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2024/shailaja-paik