Drag Performer Pays Tribute to Kajol, Rakhi Sawant and ‘Bad Betis’

Indian origin drag performer Abhijeet pays a kickass tribute to some ‘Bad Betis’

Are you a ‘Bad Beti’?

The word first gained mainstream credence last year, when Pakistani-Canadian artist Maria Qamar, started her #BadBeti campaign, which was in defiance of societal expectations on what a good South Asian girl should be like.

Now, a non-binary Indian drag performer Abhijeet has taken over the hashtag with his project, wherein he pays a drag tribute to 12 Indian women who’ve forever defied the norms and broken gender stereotypes.

For Chicago-based-Abhijeet, many of these women were part of his adolescence and feminine transformation.

Aaaaand here we go - I've been working on this photo series for the past few weeks inspired by @hatecopy's #BadBeti's - Indian femmes that don't play by the rules and have served as some kind of inspiration to my growth. 👸🏽👸🏽👸🏽 And the person to start this off with is my smart, talented and always beautiful sister @malavika666. 💵💃🏻💵She's a smartass, a model, an actress and now a financial expert at an international banking firm- I don't even know how to begin to explain how much she means to me and how much growing up with her has shaped my confidence, my strength and my laziness 😛😛😛 Happy Birthday, and I love you and this photo of you, and thank you for everything ever! 💕💘💙💘💕 Photo and assist this entire series by @duangchaiswani

A photo posted by Abhijeet 🇮🇳👳🏽👳🏾‍♀️👳🏽🇮🇳 (@bon_abhijeet) on Jan 19, 2017 at 7:00am PST