Meet Kalki: India's first transgender entrepreneur

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Meet Kalki: India's first transgender entrepreneur
Last updated on: October 30, 2012 12:58 IST
Shobha Warrier

Kalki Subramaniam talks to Shobha Warrier about her journey from being a harassed child in school to a successful social activist and an entrepreneur.

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Kalki Subramaniam is a journalist, writer, actor and activist. She holds two masters: in Journalism and Mass Communication and International Relations. Now, she is an entrepreneur. She is also a transgender. That makes her, she says, India's first transgender entrepreneur.

In this interview, Kalki talks about her journey from being a harassed child in school to a successful social activist and an entrepreneur.

I am from a middle class, well educated family in Pollachi. I had a very difficult childhood; rather I would say I had no childhood at all. Today when I see children, I long to go and play with them. Because of my gender identity, I was discriminated against and ridiculed; I was so feminine. From 6th standard to 12th standard, I could not mix with anyone. The rejection hurt very badly.