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Preti Taneja in conversation with Colin Grant

Preti Taneja reflects on her work as an engaged writer with disenfranchised groups, and how her prose might be used as a tool for minority rights.
13th September, 2023
'Everyone asks you, ‘What's the next thing?’ as if the thing you spent seven years of your life on is already consigned to history. '
Preti Taneja

Preti Taneja

Preti Taneja is a writer and activist.

Colin Grant

Colin Grant

Colin Grant is Director of WritersMosaic and the author of six non-fiction books.

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