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Neha Kumar kneeling beside her mother who lies on a hospital bed

Neha Kumar and her mother on stage

"Experiencing pleasure in our bodies is taboo in South Asian culture. So checking our bodies is never something normalised which leads to things like unhealthy body association and shame."
Neha Kumar wearing an orange dress

"They were very fearful of the community finding out they were going through treatment, because of the stigma."
Woman getting breast cancer screening done

Women wearing pink sarees holding signs

"I never put health as my top priority, and this is something I've realised many new migrants do."

A line of women wearing pink sarees

"Just because you're doing cancer screening, this doesn't mean you have cancer,"
she said.

Woman unwrapping chest bandage

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