01492nam a22002177a 4500003001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075040000700093041001200100082001700112100002600129245002200155260004500177300002500222365006200247520090000309650003501209700001501244700001501259St Aloysius Coll20260223112307.0260221b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199458264  cAL  aEnglish  bTRIMa823.92  aLaxminarayan Tripathi  aMe hijra me laxmi  aNew DelhibOxford University Pressc2023  a237p.bPBc20x12.5cm  2Generala6073b₹500.00c₹d₹625.00e20%f17/02/2026  aHe was born a boy, but never felt like one. What was he then? He felt attracted to boys. What did this make him? He loved to dance. But why did others make fun of him? Battling such emotional turmoil from a very young age, Laxminarayan Tripathi, born in a high-caste Brahman household, felt confused, trapped, and lonely. Slowly, he began wearing women's clothes. Over time, he became bold and assertive about his real sexual identity. Finally, he found his true self - she was Laxmi, a hijra. From numerous love affairs to finding solace by dancing in Mumbai's bars; from being taunted as a homo to being the first Indian hijra to attend the World AIDS Conference in Toronto; from mental and physical abuse to finding a life of grace, dignity, and fame, this autobiography is an extraordinary journey of a hijra who fought against tremendous odds for the recognition of hijras and their rights.  2LiteratureaEnglish Literature  aRao, R Raj  aJoshi, P G