OMG! Filmmaker undergoes sex-change surgery to become...

Remember Ranadeep Sarker? The young Kolkata filmmaker who directed critically acclaimed films like ‘Not A Dirty Film’, ‘Nupur’, and ‘Blue Lies’ among others took the bravest decision of his life. He recently underwent gender reassignment surgery to become a post-operative trans-woman. It was not at all an easy decision to take. Yet, Ranadeep decided to swim against the tide and managed to stick to his decision of surgery to become a complete woman. “I have faced a lot of discrimination in the past few years. People talked a lot about me and my nature. They used to humiliate me using slangs. But I knew from the beginning that I need to do this surgery. I always felt like trapped in a man’s body. The reality of trans people’s lives is that so often we are targets of violence. We experience discrimination disproportionately to the rest of the community. I think it is time pose a delicate question - Is it time for a nuanced discussion about sex and pleasure for trans women? Has the cultural conversation around trans culture progressed enough?” asks an emotional Ranadeep who is now officially Pashmina Sarker.