Homebound

KaMani Sutra: A South Asian Drag Aunty’s transformational Journey

The first of this four-part visual storytelling series begins at Mani’s home. A place where they feel safe and loved.

Starting here allows you to meet Mani doing simple things to relax on a Sunday afternoon. Painting their nails by a sunny window. Cooking a quick Indian lunch of masala beans, daal, and rice. And finally settling in to color some “rangoli.” In a patriarchal society, all these are typecast as girly things that men shouldn’t do. But doing what brings us joy doesn’t need to be defined by gender or social norms.

View the entire series: Part 2 - Being Umrao Jaan, Part 3 - Aunty In The Park, Part 4 - Channeling Goddess Energy