It's that time of the year when friends and family come together to ring in the New Year. The holiday seasons brings along festivities, catching up with friends, lazy brunches in the sun and endless helpings of wine as you enjoy the delicious meals cooked by friends and family. Christmas is as ...

ಹಿಜ್ರಾ, ಚಕ್ಕಾ ಅಥವಾ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ transgenders ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಇವರು ನಾವಲ್ಲ (or ಎಲ್ಲರ ಹಾಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲ) ಅನ್ನೋ ಭಾವನೆ ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಆಳವಾಗಿ ಬೇರೂರಿ ಒಂದು ತರಹದ ನಿರ್ಲಿಪ್ತ ಭಾವ ಇರೋದು ಸಹಜವಾದರೂ ಅದು ಅಸಹಜ.

Hijras’s have always inspired fear and a bit of apprehension in us since our childhood. A community that is feared ridiculed and ill-treated in so many ways. Just because they are born in a way that is considered to be abnormal??