Man, I feel like a woman
Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew
First Published : 09 Aug 2010 12:11:11 AM IST
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/man-i-feel-like-a-woman/196524.htmlBANGALORE : It is with a pinch of salt that Revathi narrates stories about her childhood crushes. "I used to write love letters to the boys I liked in class. But I never gave them. What would they think if a boy gave them a love letter?" she asks.
With the launch The Truth about Me — A Hijra Life Story, published by Penguin and translated from Tamil by V Geeta, A Revathi takes to the wider world, the story of her growing up, the years she groped for answers about her sexuality and how the sex change operation established her place in the society as a woman. At the launch of her book at Reliance TimeOut, as she addresses a curious set of people gathered around her, she chuckles as she says, "Before the surgery, people asked me why I had the mannerisms of a woman. Now people ask me why I have a man's voice."
