This dance programme is staged by six transgender people (kothi, hijra) and PLHIV community members from small-town and rural areas of West Bengal, India. The dance depicts a young transgender woman who is beaten by her male partner and ostracized by her family and society after it is discovered that she is living with HIV. Other trans and PLHIV youth gather and resist the violence against the trans person. Through their solidarity, they succeed in reintegrating the victimized trans woman with her family and neighbours, and perform a celebratory dance set to poet Rabindranath Tagore's words, “If no one answers your call, walk alone.” The performers conclude with a demand for universal health coverage for all. 

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