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Vidhatri Rao
Vidhatri works with the Political Pulse section at The Indian Express. She has an undergraduate degree in English from Lady Shri Ram College for Women and a postgraduate journalism diploma from the Asian College of Journalism. She is interested in writing deeply-researched and reported pieces on culture, gender, politics, film, art and technology. She also regularly contributes to the Explained and Opinion sections. You can write to her at vidhatri.rao@expressindia.com. You can also reach out to her on Linkedin and Twitter.
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