Unfortunate that President Murmu has given her assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026.
The Act is now one of the most regressive pieces of legislation on transgender rights in the world. To see India reverse decades of progress is shameful.
Life of a 32 year old on a weekend:
Wake up
Switch on the motor
Switch off the motor
Pace around the house in urgency
Contemplate switching on the motor
Talk on the phone
Watch reels loudly
Sleep
Bas dheere dheere papa hi banti jaa rahi hu.
The security guard at the airport checked my ticket and then my aadhar and asked “ma’am yeh aap ho?” I said “haan sir purani photo hai.” He looked at me, then at the pic, and reluctantly allowed me inside. Never in my life I felt so illegal.💀
At lunch I asked my dad for gossip.
Like… family goss. Something “juicy”
He made a serious face.
Fully gave about-to-spill-some-serious-tea-vibe
Then said: “Pata hai, bechare Ishaan Tharoor ko The Washington Post se nikaal diya.”
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Excuse me. Sir. What?!
Those pictures in #EpsteinFiles scream entitlement. Not secrecy. Not fear. The rich predators doing whatever the hell they want as they know the system bends for them. Money doesn’t just buy silence. It buys protection, delays, and it buys disbelief of victims.
It buys freedom.