Madame Gandhi

Activist, musician

TED Speaker

@MadameGandhi

Madamegandhi.com

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Kiran Gandhi, who performs as Madame Gandhi, elevates and celebrates the female voice.

Why you should listen

Kiran Gandhi, known by her stage name Madame Gandhi, is an electronic musician, producer, drummer and gender-rights advocate who blurs the boundaries between art, performance and activism. To combat menstruation stigmas, she ran the London Marathon while bleeding freely on her period in 2015. She has performed in music festivals such as Pitchfork, Lightning in a Bottle, Roskilde and SXSW.

Madame Gandhi’s TED talks

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Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego

Music with a message should be accessible

Posted Dec 2018

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Madame Gandhi

Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression

Posted Aug 2020

More news and ideas from Madame Gandhi

News

Reboot: The talks of TED@BCG

October 8, 2018

How do we manage the transformations that are radically altering our lives — all while making a positive impact on our well-being, productivity and the world? In a word: reboot. For a seventh year, BCG has partnered with TED to bring experts in leadership, psychology, technology, sustainability and more to the stage to share ideas […]