My active involvement with the LGBT movement in Mumbai has given me the chance to interact with the much misunderstood Hijra and Transgender Community. What happened with Famila in Bangalore, and much before that, to Brandon Teena in the U.S are just two cases of the undeserved violence, discrimination and taunts that they are subjected to.
However this photo essay is not written to induce some kind of sympathy for the Hijra and Transgender community in the reader; it is to redefine and celebrate beauty born from the soul.
How beautiful it is to transgress beyond labels of gender.
To achieve that state where you are both but neither.
To break out of what is customary and source strength from your individuality.
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| Gulabo |
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| Harsha |
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| Rashida |
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| Sneha |
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| Kashish |
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| Neeta |
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| Tamanna |
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| The face I could't get enough of: Sanam
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| Her eyes: dying to tell her story to anyone who'll see. |
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| She told me, she doesn't know how to smile.
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Her real face: strong, confident and beautiful.
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