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How Actor Kal Penn shattered Hollywood stereotypes and became the political voice for South Asian immigrants in the US

by Darshana Ramdev | Nov 4, 2024

(November 4, 2024) Kal Penn remembers the day he changed his name. He was just starting out as an actor, a college student sending headshots to casting agents and getting silence in return. A friend suggested a simple switch: go by “Kal Penn” instead of Kalpen Modi,...

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