Podcast with Thenmozhi Soundararajan

Thenmozhi Soundararajan discusses her passion for storytelling and how her lived experiences as an Untouchable in India shaped her work. She also digs into why storytelling can be such a powerful driver of change.

Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a singer and Transmedia artist who, in 2003, was featured in Utne Reader as One of the Top Visionaries Under 30, and the same year was profiled in The Source as One of the Top Ten Political Forces in Hip Hop. Growing up as an Indian Untouchable, she was driven to tell the stories of marginalized communities, which led her to found the international media training organization, Third World Majority. She is currently directing her documentary, Touchable: The Journey from Untouchable to Dalit and its related Album Broken People.

Presented in partnership with the Virginia Tech Department of English, IPG, CAUS, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, Department of Religion and Culture, Center for the Arts, SPIA, and Virginia Cooperative Extension.