TransKashmir: life and travails of eunuchs
Documentary: TransKashmir Director Duo: SA Hanan and Surbhi Dewan Cinematography: Faisal Bhat Duration: 60 minutes inam ul rehman What is your first reaction on seeing a transgender walking on the road? You look at the other side? Spit? Intense gaze? Tease? Sneer? Or you just take him/her as any other human being? “TransKashmir”, a 60-minute exploratory documentary shows us a mirror which we don’t want to see. It is a story of aspirations denied, ambitions cut short, and dreams snatched. Narrated through 6 transgender persons, “Trans Kashmir” takes you to the underbelly of Kashmiri society, which we don’t want to discuss. When as children these transgenders go to school, they are subject to bullying and derogatory words. Sneered at, and humiliated. Without any family and social support these persons drop out from schools. After that their families try to hide them, or send them to work, or fetch for themselves....