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Gaddar
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‘I am a one-man cultural army’: Telugu poet Gaddar on his lifelong class and caste activism
Excerpts from a May 2019 Gaddar’s conversation with rights activist Vasanth Kannabiran. Gaddar died on August 6, 2023.
Gaddar & Vasanth Kannabiran
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‘Why do you shed tears, Malanna? Rise like a sword, Madiganna!’: Gaddar’s anthems for the revolution
An excerpt from ‘My Life Is a Song’, by the revolutionary poet Gaddar, born Gummadi Vittal Rao, translated from the Telugu by Vasanth Kannabiran.
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