Mysore/Mysuru: The session on ‘From Manju to Manjamma and Jonpuri Khayal — stories scribbled on the edges of societal pages’ at the Mysuru Literary Festival made the audience emotional, engrossed and at the same time provoked them to question false social notions, question social hypocrisy and also express anger at how fellow human beings are ill-treated for no fault of theirs.
Narrating the stories of her life, Manjamma Jogathi, the first from the sexual minority community who received the Padma Shri Award said that she had to face a myriad of questions about her existence. Her jobs were not enough so she even resorted to begging but what would a few alms do to her?
