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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Aditi Rao<br />
|alma_mater = [[Sarah Lawrence College]], [[Soka University of America]]<br />
|notable_works = ''The Fingers Remember''<br />
|awards = [[Srinivas Rayaprol]] Poetry Prize, Toto Funds the Arts Award, Muse India-Satish Verma Young Writer Award<br />
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'''Aditi Rai''' is an Indian activist, essayist and published [[poet]]. Her poems have been published in national and international journals and she has won several writing awards. She currently lives in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=helterskelter>{{Cite news|url=http://helterskelter.in/2013/03/the-opposite-of-solitary/|title=Helter Skelter {{!}} The Opposite of Solitary|newspaper=Helter Skelter Magazine|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><ref name=jha2016>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/sold-on-poetry/article8050756.ece|title=Sold on poetry|last=Jha|first=Aditya Mani|date=2016-01-01|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Aditi holds a MFA degree in Creative Writing from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] (New York) and a Bachelors' in Liberal Arts from [[Soka University of America]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1118/116/|title=Cha: An Asian Literary Journal - Aditi Rao|website=www.asiancha.com|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/aditi-rao-wins-poetry-prize/article2602577.ece|title=Aditi Rao wins poetry prize|date=2011-11-06|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><br />
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==Writing career==<br />
Her short stories have been published in the [[Earth Charter Initiative|Earth Charter]]'s book Images of Connection and the Peace Portal's book People Building Peace 2.0. An intrepid traveller, her writing reflects the time she spent in India, Argentina, Mexico and the United States.<ref name=srinivas>{{Cite news|url=http://www.srinivasrayaprol.in/past-winners/|title=Past Winners - Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize|newspaper=Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><br />
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In 2013 she published prose-poem "''Dear Mr Yadav, I too am an Indian Woman''" in The Feminist Wire as a response to Indian politician [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]'s comments on the Delhi Slut Walk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/a-debut-collection-blessed-with-unusual-wisdom|title=A debut collection blessed with unusual wisdom|website=www.sunday-guardian.com|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><br />
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Her first book "''The Fingers Remember''" ([[Yoda Press]]) was published in 2015.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
In 2011 Aditi Rao was awarded the [[Srinivas Rayaprol]] Poetry Prize.<ref name=srinivas/> She was awarded the Toto Funds the Arts Award for Creative Writing in English in 2012.<ref name=helterskelter/> In 2015 she was awarded the Muse India-Satish Verma Young Writer Award.<ref name=jha2016/><br />
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