Rose Is Rose
When Ramesh Venkatesan realised that he wanted to be a woman as a teenager he was too ashamed to tell his family and friends.
He even pretended to be in love with a girl at his college in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Today, aged 28, he not only wears a sari and make-up openly in the street, but next month he will become the first transsexual host of an Indian television programme.
Using his female identity, Rose, he will anchor a Saturday evening talk show addressing sexual and other traditionally taboo issues on Star Vijay, a popular Tamil television channel.
“I want to set an example,†Mr Venkatesan, who plans to undergo sex reassignment in Thailand in the next few months, told The Times. “The transgender community here is totally disempowered. It is very closeted and doesn’t integrate at all. I wanted to join mainstream society.â€Â
His show, called Ippadiku Rose (Yours Rose), is a sign of how Indian economic growth and integration with the West are slowly breaking down social taboos.
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on Sunday, December 9th, 2007, 11:00 am in Brown, Gender, India, Sex › 
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Whats up with all this gender-shender confusion. Western TV is corrupting our youth.
It doesn’t look like she’s confused at all.
Why waste valuable airwaves on such voyeuristic and inconsequential shows? What’s next — a plastic surgery show ala the USA? Can’t we do better than ape others refuse? Hermaphrodites are poorly treated in India, but think of the harrowing life of street children… or the many other segments of Indian society. This fits right in with the 6 Bollywood and 3 cricket channels. Oy veh!
Gender-schmender.
Oy vey.
In the future, please consult Ennis, the resident expert in New York-Yiddish-American.
Totally biting off of Begum Nawazish Ali!!! They kind of look alike too.
Aside from that, it’s an important step. Yay
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/o/oy_veh.asp
Wikipedia: Oy Vey
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Wikipedia: Oy Veh
You goyim stop denigrating this gori’s proud, phlegm-laden ancestral tongue!
These are transcription errors from one script to another, no? You schlemiels are driving me meshugeh.