Identity and representation are perhaps as closely intermeshed as day and night. Being aware of one’s self may not be entirely adequate to realise an individual’s possibilities. As a gaping hole in representation can make anyone feel unseen, the need to see more of one’s kind — in reality and public media — becomes fundamental. Tore bina, a Hindi song video by city-based charity Tweet Foundation, brings home the ‘basic’ idea of making transgender identities discernible through queer voices. Ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, the new track assures comfort and kinship.

Abhina Aher