This is part one of a miniseries Queering Language in Pride and Prejudice, where we explore the relationship between queerness and language. For this episode, host Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Raina, a trans activist in Kolkata, about Ulti, a secret language of trans communities originating in hijra culture. Raina is the founder of Samabhabana, an NGO for trans people and Amra Odbhut, a queer cafe in Kolkata. 

The secret language of South Asia’s transgender community 

The Secret Language of the Hijras 

https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/queer-language/article5407840.ece 

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