tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68061589618935509982024-03-19T08:48:02.449+05:30Project Kalki Video FilmsEmpowering underprivileged transgender women by training them in community journalism and giving them a voice through digital platformKalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-51322697062092783452016-03-15T20:25:00.000+05:302016-03-15T20:26:20.664+05:30Transwomen Laila and Panna talk about Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">PROJECT KALKI, In its continuing documentations called 'Transwomen on Love' bring to you the experiences, thoughts and opinion sharing of transwomen. In this video (in Telugu) transwomen Laila and Panna, both originating from Andhra Pradesh, talk about love relationships. </span><br />
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Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-27402672762542989492016-02-12T07:42:00.002+05:302016-02-12T07:42:22.026+05:30Documenting Prema - An interview with the multilingual, multi-talented transwoman Prema. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is another documentation from our Project Kalki Films about Prema, a transgender woman. Prema, a native of Coimbatore city, is a caterer, a multi-talented personality who can speak in five languages. In this interview to Kalki Subramaniam, Prema opens her hearts and shares her life memories, aspirations, disappointments, pain and the good times.<br />
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In this interivew, she purposely speaks in Malayalam with the reason to break transphobia and make Kerala understand transgender people and their lives. The interview is in Malayalam.<br />
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Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-66112704058923013222013-08-21T11:42:00.001+05:302013-08-21T11:42:47.869+05:30Her Name is Sowmya, an angel gone - அவள் பெயர் செளம்யா - A film by Kalk...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YmtxDP0NNHQ" width="459"></iframe>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-20275652619437382802013-04-06T14:32:00.001+05:302013-04-06T16:14:10.152+05:30Featured videos of the Transwomen Trainees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of our trainees, transwoman Kanchana filmed this interesting video. Will Chennai people accept a transgender person as an M.L.A?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Watch Roja's Film - Love, Marriage and Transwomen</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watch Sowndharya's Film - My Mother</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />Watch Maanu's Film -United Hands</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watch Sandhiya's Film - Abandoned Souls</span><br />
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Here is my first podcast on Project Kalki podcasting initiative. Please listen to it. </div>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-15177027116181547022010-12-06T09:27:00.000+05:302010-12-06T09:27:01.578+05:30Project Kalki's successful screening in Russian Cultural Centre, ChennaiThe first screening of our short documentaries made by 7 transgender women including my film 'Smile' was a huge success. My trainees were so happy to see their creations on big screen. Think about the confidence they will get after the screening. Not only were they inspired to make more such documentaries, but also some of the transwomen who were in the audience also were inspired to learn multimedia and film making. That was the second success on the same day because, the ultimate aim is to inspire more under privileged transgender people, transform, empower and provide them opportunities for a dignified life.<br />
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The evening after screening, we celebrated at my home.<br />
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What the media says about the screening?<br />
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I will be editing these films and have planned to screen it on 10th of December, World Human Rights day. Our work continues with new assignments and 'PROJECT KALKI' is really taking of well. We need so much support from people. I hope in 2011, some of my team girls who are still begging and doing sex work will be able to emerge and lead a dignified life.Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-56858401841708621672010-07-23T07:04:00.000+05:302010-08-13T17:03:29.941+05:30Future PlansPROJECT KALKI will reach out to more under privileged transgender people. After our screening in event in Chennai and Coimbatore, we will be making more films in the coming months. From September 2011, we have plans to screen our documentary films in several venues across India. The films made by our girls will participate in many films festivals too.<br />
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I have plans to teach them complete multimedia skills including photography, videography, film editing, audio and sound, and the spectacular world of internet and the web media technologies. In 2011, I want setup a big multimedia center which will be a training and production house for visual media and communication, a education project for transgender women. Through this center, not only the poor transgender women will benefit but also any under-privileged student from any community can learn and empower themselves.<br />
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Kalki SubramaniamKalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-85678041423354581802010-07-23T00:17:00.000+05:302010-11-15T13:28:12.348+05:30Introducing the community journalists<div style="background-color: none; color: #999999; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">P<span style="background-color: none;">ROJECT KALKI provides training for transgender women to transform them as community journalists, documentary film makers and media artists. The first seven transgender women who are being trained in video documentary film training and community video video blogging are:</span></span></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: none; color: #999999; text-align: left;"><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: none;">Abinaya</span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: none;">Kanchana</span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: none;">Gomathi</span></span></span></b></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: none;">Santhiya Chandru</span></b></span></li>
<li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: none;">Sowmiya</span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: none;">Sowndharya</span></span></span></b></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Transgender Kanchana’s life is very similar to the stuff nightmares are made of. <a href="http://www.medindia.net/news/interviews/Teenage-Transgender-Documentary-on-Hope-76864-1.htm">Read more..</a></span></span></div></div><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></h1><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="px5" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://sify.com/news/chennai-s-transgender-activist-trains-community-members-in-filmmaking-news-national-klupkfbjihd.html">Chennai's transgender activist trains community members in film making</a></span></div></div></div></div></h1><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">A transgender activist, Kalki Subramaniam, trains her community members in documentary film-making in Chennai.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Subramaniam said on Friday the Information Technology could play a tremendous role in the empowerment of marginalised, stigmatised transgender community. <a href="http://sify.com/news/chennai-s-transgender-activist-trains-community-members-in-filmmaking-news-national-klupkfbjihd.html">Read more..</a></span></div><div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;">Chennai (Women's Feature Service) - They are seen as people who harass pedestrians on the streets, collect money by threatening people, kidnap kids, engage in sex work, and so on. But these stereotypes do little justice to transgenders. Like everybody else, they can be dynamic litterateurs, creative artists and, above all, socially committed individuals. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.faqs.org/periodicals/201012/2214230961.html">Read more..</a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.womensenews.org/sites/all/themes/wenews/images/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="http://www.womensenews.org/sites/all/themes/wenews/images/logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><h2 class="noSpaceTop" style="margin-bottom: 16px;"><a href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/lesbian-and-transgender/110218/indian-video-activist-puts-transgender-in-focus?page=0,1">Indian Video Activist Puts Transgender in Focus</a></h2><div class="byLine"><a href="http://www.womensenews.org/sites/default/files/story-transgender-march.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="http://www.womensenews.org/sites/default/files/story-transgender-march.jpg" width="200" /></a>By Paromita Pain</div><div class="byLine">WeNews correspondent</div><div class="date">Sunday, February 20, 2011</div><em>Kalki Subramaniam's video project for transgender women in India began with her own scholarship in video making. Now she's assisting other transgender women to shoot their own video as a way of breaking out of poverty and abuse.....<a href="http://www.womensenews.org/story/lesbian-and-transgender/110218/indian-video-activist-puts-transgender-in-focus?page=0,1"><b> Read more..</b></a></em><br />
<h2 class="noSpaceTop" style="margin-bottom: 16px;"> </h2></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-77847227920436738042010-07-22T23:38:00.001+05:302011-04-27T07:51:04.045+05:30Screening Events<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The documentary films of the first seven girls were screened at Kovai Rainbow Festival celebrations on 26th June 2010 at :<br />
<div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Hotel Tamilnadu Premises</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Jail road, Gandhipuram,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Coimbatore. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Our second screening was held on 12th November 2010 at:</span></span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Russian Centre of Science and Culture</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kasturi Ranga Road, </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Chennai.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Our third screening event was held on 31st December at:</span></span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Sahodari Community Centre</b></span>, </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kottivakkam,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Chennai.</span></span></div><br />
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</span></span></div>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-24054854595294020242010-07-22T23:30:00.000+05:302010-07-22T23:30:31.890+05:30About KalkiGreeitngs friends!<br />
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My name is Kalki Subramaniam. I am the founder of ‘Sahodari Foundation’ an organization working for the social and economic empowerment of transgender persons.I am transgender rights activist, and a transsexual woman myself. I hold two Master’s degrees - first one in Journalism and Mass Communication and the second in International Relations.<br />
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In December 2010, I won a scholarship from a Goa based organisation called 'Women Aloud'. I attended a two weeks program called WAVE (Women Empowerment Through Video Blogging). After the completion of my training, I was provided with a camera to make documentary film every month on community issues. Since then I have been working on that and have produced 5 small documentary films. The camera, which is a Canon Legria FS 200, a small handycam, has been a great tool for my advocacy work.<br />
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In April 2010, I had the idea to use the camera to its full potential and beyond and went a a step ahead. I wanted to share my knowledge with my transgender community. This was exciting to me and 'Project Kalki' was born. I named the project as 'Project Kalki' because it a dream project for me.<br />
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This project will transform them as documentary film makers. It is a great achievement for each one of them. All the interested and talented girls will be further trained in multimedia and will be placed in jobs when they can use their creative potential to the maximum. The idea is to provide them livelihood through training in multimedia skills.<br />
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Many of them never imagined they can make their own documentary films.I am extremely happy that I am providing this opportunity to my friends. It gives me bliss to see their happiness when they work on their films. with extreme dedication.<br />
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KALKIKalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-53003053202760940212010-07-22T23:08:00.000+05:302010-11-16T09:03:48.357+05:30The training modulesSeven under privileged transgender girls are continuously being trained in documentary film script writing, story board, video film shooting, technics such as different camera angles and shots, camera handling and safety. These women are given first hand training by Kalki.<br />
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Expert documentary film makers and script writers are volunteering to train our girls in documentary film making. They share their abundant knowledge with the girls through specially arranged classes for them.<br />
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We will be taking in more interested girls in the future and offer them the opportunity to learn and be documentary film makers. If you are interested to be a part of this project in anyway, please write to Kalki. Her email address is: aurokalki@gmail.comKalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-21984862552396727202010-07-22T22:54:00.000+05:302010-07-22T22:54:22.959+05:30ContactThis project is found and led by Kalki Subramaniam<br />
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. She can be contacted through mail. Email her at : aurokalki@gmail.com. Kalki's facebook URL is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/kalki.subramaniam">http://www.facebook.com/kalki.subramaniam</a>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-91435725347258632702010-07-22T18:26:00.000+05:302010-07-22T18:26:09.381+05:30About the projectProject Kalki is the voice of the voiceless. Transgender women, all over the world, have been the most marginalised, stigmatised and discriminated community for centuries. Except in Tamilnadu, our voices have not been heard anywhere in India.<br />
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</div><div>This is a project to empower those women to speak who have not spoken, to hear their voices. To empower them to tell the world what they wanted to say through video films. As citizens of this great country, transgender women also care about other under privileged people and care about social problems of this country.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In this dream project, Kalki provides a Canon Legria FS 200 hanycam to seven under privileged transgender women. They are also provided with all the accessories needed for filming. These women carry the camera in their hands for a few days and shoot their stories and subjects. After one person completes the filming, she hands it over to the next girl. When all the seven girls finish their shoots, their films are edited and made as short documentary films by themselves. </div><div><br />
</div><div>These subjects these girls have chosen are all unique. For example, Gomathi wants to do a short documentary on street children, Sandhiya wants to do a story on abandoned aged people and Monal does a story on garbage pickers. Some girls have chosen the subject of their relationships. </div><div><br />
</div><div>These films will be screened at a venue in Chennai and other places in India.</div><div><br />
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</div>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-49402359242169100002010-07-22T07:41:00.000+05:302010-07-22T07:52:04.355+05:30Join hands with us<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Thank you for visiting our website. I am sure you would encourage and support our quick project. There are many ways to support us.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Be a sponsor</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">When you are a sponsor our project, it helps the whole team to move forward with zest. You, as a sponsor, will get a very good name and be publicized at all our screening events and programs.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0Uc8ecJ7Oorz-Y5S_oJnnLV4mJymivtJa9kOTk6NgVeW0TmmnpHiVmzUOwnE5wZVSg95Rcu2PKgQnAx-K1DvxLp9yBiDpplPXKEB7NsqBMQrh-0CClKfGCVrpoqizXLig2l1HMjyFqoM/s1600/be_our_sponsor3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0Uc8ecJ7Oorz-Y5S_oJnnLV4mJymivtJa9kOTk6NgVeW0TmmnpHiVmzUOwnE5wZVSg95Rcu2PKgQnAx-K1DvxLp9yBiDpplPXKEB7NsqBMQrh-0CClKfGCVrpoqizXLig2l1HMjyFqoM/s640/be_our_sponsor3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Write to Kalki for more detailed information. Her email address is : aurokalki@gmail.com</span></div>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806158961893550998.post-91476532824585379612010-05-07T16:37:00.000+05:302010-05-07T16:37:57.108+05:30Project Kalki - An introductionA first of its kind initiative by Indian transgender rights activist Kalki Subramaniam. Kalki is the founder of <a href="http://www.sahodari.org/">Sahodari Foundation</a>, Kalki also works as a freelance scriptwriter of short documentary and animation films, is a web designer and a television compere!Kalki is extremely comfortable with technology and has used the internet as a tool for advocacy for more than 7 years. She regularly shoots short films. Project Kalki aims to create and empower under privileged transgender women as video bloggers telling stories of change, stories which inspire and touch their hearts in their communities and in the larger society. <br />
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Project Kalki is a unique digital platform for young under privileged Indian transgender women to voice their perspectives on issues that matter to then through video films.<br />
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This is a project inspired by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Volunteers">Video Volunteers</a> and <a href="http://waveindia.org/bio.php?bid=30">Wave India. </a>Kalki Subramaniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398757936790212415noreply@blogger.com2