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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
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Vasanth Kannabiran
· Aug 09, 2023 · 08:30 am
‘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.

Gaddar
· Mar 18, 2021 · 05:30 pm