Day: 12 December 2010

The English version of ‘The Truth about me’ by A Revathi, an autobiography by a Indian Hijra (transgender community), is a rich addition to the literature on the same and a first of its kind by an Indian transgender. The book takes us into the often traumatic and terror filled life of Revathi who was born a male (Doraisamy) in a upper caste Gounder family in a small village near Namakal town (Salem dist. Tamil Nadu) in 1970. read more

Dear Chair, comrades and friends

first of all I would like to thank the Confederal Group of the European United Left for inviting me to this hearing.

I am a Trade Unionist, from India representing the Peoples’ Solidarity Concerns- Bangalore and PPSS (Anti Posco Struggle) in Orissa. read more