Crossing the trans bar: Thanuja Singam's journey through struggles and hope

Treading a path outside the gender binary is no easy task. In candidly raising the alienation and abuse that these people face, dental hygienist Thanuja Singam's memoir is an inspiring read

Thanuja: A Memoir of Migration and Transition

Author: Thanuja Singam (translated by Kiran Keshavamurthy)

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Pages: 216

Price: Rs 599

  Given that there are few literary works by trans people, especially in South Asia, Düsseldorf-based dental hygienist Thanuja Singam’s autobiographical work Thanuja: A Memoir of Migration and Transition is a welcome addition to the canon of LGBTQIA+ literature. It has been translated from Tamil by the assistant professor of English at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, Kiran Keshavamurthy.

 

In the afterword to the book, Mr Keshavamurthy notes that he was introduced to Ms Singam’s memoir while working on an