4 most powerful rule breakers
Raising her voice
Meena Kandasamy 34
Writer, poet and activist, US
Power is: Something I instinctively rebel against. The reality is that power is concentrated in the hands of too few.
Writing gives me: A place to pour my anger into and about things that really break me. But it can also be an isolating experience. I find myself withdrawing from people and social media to give myself space to write.
Inspired by: My activism is a response to what I see around me. It also varies with where you live. I've relocated to teach at the New York University, US, and the pressing issues here are of migrants and women's rights being impacted by a far-right perspective in the government.
My role models are: My mother and author Arundhati Roy who has long been at the forefront of dissent
