Art as activism

This streets-to-stage story portrays a transgender artiste's evolution as a social reformer

From Manjunath to Manjamma: The Inspiring Life of a Transgender Folk Artist

B. Manjamma Jogathi with Harsha Bhat

HarperCollins

Pages: 240

Price: Rs 399

As we leave the excitement of Pride month behind us, Padma Shri Matha Manjamma Jogathi’s – or simply (and fondly) Amma’s – memoir keeps the spirit and variance of art and sexuality alive. The book,  From Manjunath to Manjamma, shares a glimpse of Amma’s journey and struggle to create an identity as a transgender, as an artist and, finally, as a figure of social reform; and is an appeal to live life “as humans and not aberrations”.  In 2021, a