Speaker
Ms. Vijayarajamallika
Poet & Queer Rights Advocate
Ms. Vijayarajamallika is a transgender poet deeply committed to exploring and representing the experiences of marginalised queer communities in her work. Her poetry has been recognised with several awards and published in various literary journals and anthologies, and her poems are included in undergraduate and postgraduate syllabuses at many universities in India. She believes that poetry has the power to give voice to the experiences of marginalised communities and to promote empathy and understanding.