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BANGALORE: It was a rare moment of meaningful joy for 42-year-old Revathi, a social activist-turned-writer. The special book launch at Reliance TimeOut on Friday proved it. Tears of joy over the book of her experiences were hard to miss. Revathi, a Class 10 fail from a village in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, can hardly speak a few words in English. But she understands every single word in her translated autobiography — The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story. It was read out as quick excerpts by theatre personality Kirtana Kumar. The late-evening fun trips to the hill-top with ‘special’ friends as a boy, becoming witness to one of them being sexually harrased by policemen and going through the 40-day ritual of hijras sleeping with legs apart without even looking at the mirror — these were just a few of her experiences. The book is a translation of the author’s original work in Tamil — Unarvum Uruvamum (Emotions and Body) — which won an award from the Canadian Tamil Sangam recently. “This book has many characters I came across and how they changed my life, including my lovers and family. My intention is not to hurt anyone but to say we are individuals with similar emotions and aspirations as anyone else,” am emotional Revathi said. >From a shy documentarian cutting papers at Sangama’s office to signing autographs, it’s been a long journey for this transsexual. Published by Penguin Books, the 304-page book is the first-person account of a ‘life of a woman trapped in a man’s garb’. Revathi’s dream: “The book should be made part of school curriculum.” Read more: Life of a woman in man's garb - Bangalore - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Life-of-a-woman-in-mans-garb/articleshow/6268691.cms#ixzz0vtJZ9ZOj -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. -AMBEDKAR http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
