Not the other

In her book, We Are Not The Others: Reflections of a Transgender Artivist (2021), Kalki Subramaniam opens up about the insensitive questions that transgender people are compelled to hear and answer on

Why are Bollywood actors such as Akshay Kumar, Vaani Kapoor and Milind Soman playing transgender characters when trans people could be cast in these roles? This is an important question to ask because of films like Laxmii (2020) and Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (2021), and the web series Paurashpur (2020). While we demand sensitivity from the entertainment industry, it might be helpful to check how many schools, homes and workplaces are ready to embrace trans individuals as they are, without any show of charity or condescension.

Earlier this year, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) released its new teacher