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by a punk DIY spirit getting involved with Anti
Fascist groups such as AFA and was involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Poulomi was a senior Race Equality Officer - Campaigns officer in the Race Equality Unit at the London Borough of Ealing from 1986 to 1990. She co-founded the first South Asian LGBTTQ campaigning organisation, Shakti, in 1987 and also co-founded the first HIV / AIDs charity in India, the Naz Foundation International in 1991 with Shivananda Khan. From 1994 to 1996 she was a resident performer at the
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