Music composer Shamir Tandon on 6 Pack Band, India’s first all-transgender music group and the challenges they faced“There are a few things that you do that go with you to your grave, and then there are others that make your grandchildren proud,” says music composer Shamir Tandon, thoughtfully. His recent project, the first all-transgender band, 6 Pack Band, which he launched earlier this year, belongs to the latter. They are sidelined as just people who either beg on the streets or are involved in the flesh trade. Today, the six members of the band, who earlier didn’t even have a home, are celebrities, especially in Maharashtra. “Since they came from the lower economic strata, they had not had the luxury of getting trained in music.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2016 15:33 UTC