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Swimming in India
Ritu Vasu Primlani is an Indian stand-up comedian and environmentalist. She received the 2015 Nari Shakti Puraskar from the Government of India for her work.
Contents
- Swimming in India
- Hilarious comedy on public transport vasu primlani on the metro
- Personal life
- Career
- Awards
- References
Hilarious comedy on public transport vasu primlani on the metro
Personal life
Primlani grew up in New Delhi, India. She received a master's degree from UCLA in Geography, Urban Planning and Law. She is openly gay.
Career
Primlani founded the non-profit Thimmakka’s Resources for Environmental Education in the United States. This organization provided environmental consulting services for restaurants and it received the California Governors Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in 2003 and she was appointed an Ashoka Fellow for her work with restaurants. Ms. Primlani's organization also received a US EPA region 9 award in 2003. In July 2014, Primlani was accused of cheating by Saalumarada Thimmakka, a Bangalore-based environmentalist, for using her name to solicit money from the United States. According to Thimmakka, Primlani was misusing her name when she set up the Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education in the United States. According to Primlani, Thimmakka, a centenarian, had merely forgotten that she had given Primlani consent to use her name.
Primlani has produced, headlined in, and performed in hundreds of corporate and comedy club shows across the world, including in New York City, San Francisco, Mumbai, Dubai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, and Delhi. She tackles social messaging through her comedy, giving voice to daring issues such as the environment, human rights, and rape