She belies the image of a hijra. There’s no make-up, no gaudy dressing and no exaggerated mannerisms. In a simple cotton green kurta and a handbag slung from her shoulder, Revathi is your regular working woman one encounters in a local train. “When I was a boy I was ridiculed for my feminine gait and mannerisms, now people who know me as a woman ask me why I have a manly voice and physique,” laughs Revathi, giving an insight to a life of contrasts and conflicts she has faced. The author of the first ever book published on transgenders, The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story (Penguin Books India), Revathi is in Hyderabad to participate in a series of talks and seminars to...
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