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What is Hijra? – My First Encounter with Hijras (2)

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I continued my trip and traveled to the southern states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. My first destination in South India was Bangalore, Karnataka’s cosmopolitan and urbane capital. Bangalore—Silicon India’s Valley—appeared to be one of the most sophisticated cities in the country, with its pub culture, large immigrant population, and IT companies. It was … Read more

Hijra Movie – Tamanna by Mahesh Bhatt

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Recommended movies about hijra, the third gender of India – Mahesh Bhatt’s 1997 film Tamanna (meaning ‘Desire’) have made an indelible impression.
The sensitive, well-crafted Tamanna is said to be based on the life of a real life hijra called Tiku who lived in the Mahim area of Mumbai up to 1997, at least. The story line of the movie is as follows:

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Comprehensive Guide into the World of Hijra, the 3rd Gender of India

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  • Title: Transgendered People of India
  • Subtitle: Forsaken Tributaries
  • Series: Hijra, the Third Gender
  • Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa
  • Category: Non-fiction, LGBT

 

Be an armchair traveler to the world of Hijras, the Third Gender. This is a comprehensive travel book about Hijra of India if you want to find what Hijra is.

Title: Transgendered People of India
Subtitle: Forsaken Tributaries
Series: Hijra,the Third Gender

The author has published seven books in the series of “Hijra, the Third Gender” which are autobiography style fictions. This is a non-fiction book based on the author’s hearing and witnessing as a foreigner in India as well as

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Abducted into the Third Gender – 180 Degrees Turn

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  • Title: Abducted into the Third Gender
  • Subtitle: 180 Degrees Turn
    Series: Hijra, The Third Gender
  • Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa
  • Gender Swap Type: MTF

[Introduction]

The main character is a big cheese star son abducted for ransom. Instead of shelling down the money, his father intimates the police. The criminal mafia has its own way of avenging this 180 degree turn. This, among other things, entails turning him into a girl.

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Genderless Exile – Forced into the Third Gender

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“Genderless Exile” is one of the stories of “Hijra, the Third Gender” series. The story traces the life of Pankaj (later called as “Nina”) between 12 and 24 years approximately. Pankaj was the only son of a navy captain who is from a wealthy family. His mother dies of illness when he was 11, and … Read more

A Businessman in Saree: Enchanted into the Third Gender

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  • Title: A Businessman in Saree
  • Enchanted into the Third Gender
  • Series: Hijra, the Third Gender
  • Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa
  • Gender Swap Type: MTF

[Introduction] A businessman who travels to a northern Indian city is fascinated by exotic beauty of a gypsy dancer. He is enchanted by her and gets into a situation in which he must undergo an irreversible change.

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Deserved Punishment: Conspired into the 3rd Gender

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  • Title: Conspired into the Third Gender
  • Series: Hijra, the Third Gender
  • Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa
  • Gender Swap Type: MTF

A young sporty son of a rich family, adored and admired, gets abducted by scoundrels and loses both of his testicles. He lost “everything”.

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Born intersexed

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  • Title: Born intersexed
  • Series: Hijra, the Third Gender
  • Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa
  • Gender Swap Type: MTF

This is an autobiography style fiction of a boy who was born from a prostitute mother in a brothel. He was born with intersexed genitals but was raised as a boy. India is one of the worst countries for an intersexed boy to be raised in. He lives under constant humiliation and hardship, but finally finds happiness as the wife of a foreigner and a mother of an adopted baby.

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A Dancer of the 3rd Gender

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Title: A Dancer of the Third Gender Series: Hijra, the Third Gender Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa Category: hijra, mtf-transgender This is an autobiography-style fiction about a son of an upper middle class Indian family, who wishes to learn Indian classical dance (“Kathak”) like his sister. In the local Indian community “acting like a girl” is … Read more