Brihannala By Aniruddhan Vasudevan

Recorded live at the Chennai-Madras Local event at Spaces, Besant Nagar, Chennai, on March 5, 2011.
Hues may vary but humanity does not | வண்ணங்கள் வேற்றுமைப் பட்டால் – அதில் மானுடர் வேற்றுமை இல்லை
Recorded live at the Chennai-Madras Local event at Spaces, Besant Nagar, Chennai, on March 5, 2011.
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Video of YaliniDream’s live performance in Chennai
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Inspired by Renee Lupica’s brilliant ‘Six Fairy Tales for the Modern Woman’, Orinam invites you to add your stories in the form of a comment to this tale.
Sex change is my farewell to 23 years of being, trying to be, pretending to be and for days to come, trying to give being a chance.
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Pramada Menon writes about her 20-year journey into queer activism and breaking the silence around gender and sexuality. The article has been reproduced with permission from TARSHI’s magazine In Plainspeak.