Gauri Gill

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• Ayesha fulfilled my dream of becoming a mother, so I celebrated her first birthday for 3 days and 3 nights and invited over 2000 eunuchs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1990, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• My first year of happiness in my life was with Ayesha, never before had I been so happy, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1990, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• To my left is my Guru Chaman, and to my right is my guru’s eunuch brother Dugi, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1990, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• We have the same gestures, even though Ayesha was not born from my stomach, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1991, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• For Ayesha’s third birthday, we hired a live band and dressed Ayesha like an English girl, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1993, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• Taking Ayesha to school, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1992, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• We lie around like a normal mother and daughter, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1992, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• To bless the newborn child, I am dancing in front of the house, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1994, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• When I went to give blessings, I loved to talk to the women and to hear their joys and sorrows, , from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1994, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• I look like a sad Muslim woman after fighting with my guru Chaman. We went on a visit to the graveyard to show Ayesha the ducks, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1996, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• When I started to live in the graveyard, my own blood family thought I was crazy and admitted me to the mental asylum. I came here because I could not bear the false glamor of city life. I hated the pretense that people put on, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1998, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• When Chaman took Ayesha from me, I could not bear the pain, so I would go to the graveyard to tell my pain to the dead people and my only friend Dayanita who liked the old Hindi film songs that I sang for her, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1998, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh
• When I went to meet Ayesha, Chaman had me tortured by the police. In my pain I ran to Dayanita’s house to make a record of my pain, from the series “Myself Mona Ahmed”, 1998, printed 2008
  Dayanita Singh