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Jun 2021
41m 41s

Asian Enough: Thenmozhi Soundararajan

Los Angeles Times
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A conversation with musician and Dalit rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan about "coming out" as an "untouchable," using art for social progress and the movement for caste liberation in the U.S. 
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