Event
20th
Jun 2025

Vidhi Book Adda | We Are Not The Others: Reflections of a Transgender Artivist

Friday, 20 Jun 2025, 5:00 pm-Friday, 20 Jun 2025, 6:00 pm
Poster for a book discussion event hosted by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and the Keshav Suri Foundation. The event is titled "BOOK ADDA: Discussion on the Book We Are Not The Others: Reflections of a Transgender Artivist" by Kalki Subramaniam. It is scheduled for 20th June 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy (Basement), A-232, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024. The poster features images of two individuals: On the left: Kalki Subramaniam, labeled as "Transgender Rights Activist (Author)", wearing a colorful saree. In the center: Shreyashi Ray, labeled as "Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi (Moderator)", wearing a purple outfit. On the right side is the book cover, showing Kalki Subramaniam in a black outfit against a backdrop of red handprints, with the book title: We Are Not The Others: Reflections of a Transgender Artivist.

“I speak
because we need to be heard,
I write
because we need to be understood,
I dare
because we need to survive.”
– Kalki Subramaniam

‘We Are Not The Others’ is a strikingly moving book that touches the heart of its readers, and takes them on a furious and empathetic journey into the personal lives of transgender people of India. It is a one-of-a-kind book from India’s renowned transgender rights activist Kalki Subramaniam who blatantly and honestly speaks about the joys, hopes, struggles, and despair of a transgender person, the author herself, and ferociously upholds her dignity and that of others like her.

Join Vidhi’s Book Adda for an engaging discussion with the author Kalki Subramaniam, moderated by Shreyashi Ray, Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Event details:

Date: 20th June 2025 (Friday)

Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM 

Venue: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, A-232, Ratan Lal Sahdev Marg, Block A, Defence Colony, New Delhi

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