Indian writer says Amazon Prime series character seems to be based on her
by Amrit Dhillon in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#6E0FJ)
Yashica Dutt accuses makers of Made in Heaven of failing to acknowledge her contribution to story of bride from low caste
An Amazon Prime series on Indian wedding planners has been accused of failing to acknowledge the contribution of a Dalit journalist who says that the main character appears to be based on her own life, as recounted in a book she wrote.
Yashica Dutt, 37, has been based in New York for a few years but grew up in India amid the daily contempt to which people who belong to her caste are subjected.
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