Contact

This project is found and led by Kalki Subramaniam

. She can be contacted through mail. Email her at : aurokalki@gmail.com. Kalki's facebook URL is http://www.facebook.com/kalki.subramaniam

About the project

Project 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.

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.

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. 

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. 

These films will be screened at a venue in Chennai and other places in India.

Join hands with us

Thank you for visiting our website. I am sure you would encourage and support our quick project. There are many ways to support us.

Be a sponsor

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.

Write to Kalki for more detailed information. Her email address is : aurokalki@gmail.com

Project Kalki - An introduction

A first of its kind initiative by Indian transgender rights activist Kalki Subramaniam. Kalki is the founder of Sahodari Foundation, 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.

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.

This is a project inspired by Video Volunteers and Wave India.