You would have heard this sometime in your life that the Caste system is limited to India and the ‘West’ is free of any such evil form of stratification. ell, the novel- House Boy, provides ample evidence against the statement. The story of a 24-year-old Dalit boy, Vijay, who finds himself experiencing in England, what he thought he left behind in India- Caste-based discrimination, is profoundly brought to us by Lorenzo DeStefano.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH LORENZO DESTEFANO, AUTHOR OF “HOUSE BOY”