Kalki Subramaniam

In India, cinema in any language is the strongest mode of communication. Until recently, the LGBTQIA+ was misrepresented, through caricatures of cross-dressed men or conniving and villainous characters.

A double postgraduate-degree holder with one degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and another in International Relations, this once-troubled teenager moved to work with a multinational company.

Kalki Subramaniam, the transgender activist will be among the other dignitaries from India who will be speaking at the India Forum organised by Harvard University.

From being ridiculed at school, to obtaining a double postgraduate degree and starting an organization that works for the empowerment of transgender persons – this is the story of Kalki Subramaniam and others who are taking up similar fights.

Kalki Subramaniam, an artist with a passion for social justice, is using art to empower and educate underprivileged members of her community.