வியாழன், 2 செப்டம்பர், 2010

Koovagam photos






my fourth book






















In 17 th Aug 2010 my 4th book kaathal neethi ( rule of love) was release at coimbatore hotel Tamilnadu.Mr.Puviyarasu (writer&actor)and miss.Kalki subramaniam president of sahodari foundation released the book.

The book is about the love of the sexual minority people especially transgender people. The special thing of the book is it talk about the transgender love in Tamil literature























திங்கள், 30 ஆகஸ்ட், 2010

transgender story writing workshop


In July 31 we are organise first Transgender story writing workshop.Mr.kamalayan ,Mr.Mailaibalu from Tamilnadu Writers Association are contact the sessions like why transgender will write? how develop the story? .9 transgender kalki.Theanmozli,Sandiya Boomika,Ratna,Jeeva, Noorjahan, Citra, Deevi are participate this workshop.
Now 6 our community members are starting their writing
they take different topics like
1) Transgender life in Tamilnadu
2) aravan worship in Tamilnadu
3)Documenting Oppari song (death song)

செவ்வாய், 27 ஜூலை, 2010


My first book, Aravanigal Samuga Varaiviyal, is an ethnographic study of the community of the transgendered. The research work emanated from my association with the National Folklore Support Centre. For an individual fellowship, I extensively travelled in Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Salem and Cuddalore and the Union Territory of Puducherry, collecting materials for the research work.
During the study, I was able to find that as many as 20 temples, apart from the Koothandavar shrine in Villupuram district, have been built for Aravan [the patron god of transsexuals]. I could see several transgender persons involved in cultural activities in some of the southern districts, including Virudhunagar and Tuticorin.
All these facts fuelled my desire to do an ethnographic study of the community. Prior to this I had thoroughly gone through the ethnographic studies of the Narikoravar and Parathavar communities. Aravanis are generally viewed as persons begging for alms at the bazaar, clapping. But the public seldom knows that transsexuals have a life and their own family structure. The book speaks of the origin of Aravanis; their historical and cultural background; their language, family structure, biological changes, beliefs and rituals; and their relations with the rest of society.

My second book, Moonram Paalin Mugam (Third Gender’s Face), deals with the emotions of transgendered persons during their transition from being a male to a transgender.

We are making serious efforts to create an information and resource centre in Chennai to enable people to have access to information about the life of the transgendered in different parts of the country.

My documentary on Transgender Folk arts in Tamilnadu

புதன், 21 ஜூலை, 2010

Welcome to PriyaPen

Hello Visitors,
I am Priyababu. I welcome you all to PriyaPen - India's first Transgender Resource and Empowerment Center's website. I am the author of two books. One non-fiction and another fiction.