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Vaivab Das

‘Can’t fight for justice if not felt its absence’: Meet the transgender women contesting in Telangana

The political landscape of Telangana is typically of the men and for the men. The painted banners, the glitzy advertisements, and the orchestra of roadshows valourise men and their politics of doing the bare minimum. 

While the prodigal sons of the Telangana democracy get away with their false promises, the gender representation in the Telangana state assembly dwindles from 9 women: 110 men legislators in 2014 to 6 women: 113 men in 2019.

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