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Writer/Director Pari Mathur's Huffington Post Article

Update #4 · Feb 13, 2013 · comment

Writer/Director Pari Mathur recently posted an article on Huffington Post about his experience of the difficulties in finding the true Indian-American identity through American films and television.

WHO I WAS AND WHO I WANT TO BE -- INDIAN AMERICANS IN MEDIA by Pari Mathur

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