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Title: Frames of a strange, secret world
Post by: Natasha on March 17, 2008, 02:21:38 PM
Post by: Natasha on March 17, 2008, 02:21:38 PM
Frames of a strange, secret world
Newindpress (http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080317025319&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0)
03/17/2008
"As is obvious from the title, the Hijra Photo Exhibition attempts to depict the secluded world of transgenders, mired in myths and taboos. Abhijith captured the frames during his expeditions to the hijra colonies of Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in 2006-07. ``I was told by one of my friends about the Koovagam festival of hijras in Tamil Nadu. That is how my tryst with the hijras began,'' he said. "
Newindpress (http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080317025319&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0)
03/17/2008
"As is obvious from the title, the Hijra Photo Exhibition attempts to depict the secluded world of transgenders, mired in myths and taboos. Abhijith captured the frames during his expeditions to the hijra colonies of Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in 2006-07. ``I was told by one of my friends about the Koovagam festival of hijras in Tamil Nadu. That is how my tryst with the hijras began,'' he said. "