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Constructing ICD #13: A Dialogue about Caste: Managing Uncomfortable Conversations

Constructing ICDThe next issue of Constructing intercultural Dialogues is now available, “A Dialogue about Caste: Managing Uncomfortable Conversations” by Pratha Shetty.

Her focus is on how to manage the sorts of difficult conversations that frequently occur when members of different cultural groups interact, even when everyone has the best of intentions. As a reminder, the goal of this series is to provide concrete examples of how actual people have managed to organize and hold intercultural dialogues, so that others may be inspired to do the same. As with other CID series, these may be downloaded for free. Click on the thumbnail to download the PDF.

Constructing ICD 13

Shetty, P. (2022). A Dialogue about Caste: Managing Uncomfortable Conversations. Constructing Intercultural Dialogues, 13. Retrieved from: https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/constructing-icd-13.pdf

If you have a case study you would like to share, send an email to the series editor, Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

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Pratha Shetty Profile

ProfilesPratha Shetty is an interculturalist based between France and India. She is an intercultural trainer with Ceran, in Paris and Ethnosynth, in Pune.

Pratha ShettyShe has been a visiting faculty member in EM Normandie in France and has conducted intercultural programs for Dassault Systemes, Naval Group, and Forvia, to name a few positions. Raised in a diverse country like India, Pratha was inspired by the cultural adaptability that people exhibited to function harmoniously. She wanted to be a catalyst in making intercultural interactions easier and that’s when she decided to be an interculturalist.

She is the host of a show called Intercultural Conversations. Her goal with the show is to help people understand each other by giving them cultural context. She is also the author of the children’s book When I Grow Up, which is an activity book that helps them learn about inspiring women from different cultures. 

For further details, see her LinkedIn profile.

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Pratha Shetty wrote Constructing Intercultural Dialogues #13: A Dialogue about Caste: Managing Uncomfortable Conversations.