activists in the country, whose very public rebellion spotlighted the longstanding push-and-pull between the rigid and prevailing homophobic cultural attitudes and a burgeoning crop of rapidly modernizing youth.
"There is no tipping culture in India and sometimes the audience doesn't know where to draw the line when it comes to getting intimate with the artists.": The drag scene in India has an essence of Bollywood in whatever they do, which is both good and bad. There is no tipping culture in India and sometimes the audience doesn't know where to draw the line when it comes to getting intimate with the artists. Hopefully they'll learn with time.
"Going to any public space in drag is a scary yet liberating experience. People are either repulsed, appreciative or will just plainly stare.": It's burgeoning and is trying to become an important, socio-cultural tool to make our communities more inclusive and diverse. But it still has to surpass its superficial value of being perceived as"fierce" or"fabulous.
"We have all sorts of queens in India, from singing queens and dancing queens to Bollywood and pageant girls. Still, we are very few in numbers."I believe there are more drag queens in the West; it's really vast. RuPaul has definitely made her mark in a country like India where being a drag queen can be really challenging as there are still not a lot of places where we can perform.Drag makes me feel strong and beautiful.