"You can study but you need to get married." Find out how Deepa a.k.a Dee MC defied gender norms by pursuing a career in rap. #TalkingBold
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00:00Double standards in the heritage
00:02Women always suffocate
00:03In a cage from birth to death
00:04Never have all that
00:05Coming from a South Indian family
00:07I was set to study and work
00:18You can study and you can have a degree
00:20But you need to get married
00:21You need to be somebody's wife
00:23You need to be a mother
00:24I think I was just born a feminist
00:26I could see that the rules are different for me
00:28For me, following my gut feeling
00:31Is the most important thing
00:33So I think hip-hop gave me that space
00:35To truly speak my mind freely
00:38And I truly thank hip-hop
00:40For making me one of the most empowered women
00:42In this country
00:43And truly one in a billion