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Ruthvika Rao finds meaning in contradictions

Writer Ruthvika Rao discusses a novel set in 1990s Hyderabad, where memory, gender, class and queerness collide. The conversation examines why contradictions draw her in, and what it costs to resist the expectations society places on people.
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