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With more than 4,000 years of recorded history Hijras have a supposedly sanctioned place in Indian life, but they’ve faced severe harassment.

If you are an Indian in need of some luck on your wedding day you could do no better than seek the blessing of one of the country’s estimated 200,000 male to female transsexuals or “hijras”.

I came across a great article on the Hijras’s of [/tag]India[/tag], that gives the lowdown on this complex part of Indian society. Periodically we have ventured into this area in our blog, but I thought this insightful article gives you a good look at the transgender of Mumbai,India

http://onlybombay.blogspot.com/2007/10/transgenders-of-mumbai.html

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A eunuch in Mumbai, India has complained to a human rights agency watchdog seeking the right to vote for his community in the next month’s Indian state assembly elections.

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has termed the denial of political suffrage “a gross violation of human rights”. Eunuchs and transgenders are not allowed to vote since the state government does not recognise their gender.

The complaint stated: “There is a gross violation of the human rights of eunuchs in Maharashtra. We are not provided with ration cards and not permitted to vote.”

Mr Tripathi also claimed that eunuchs in Maharashtra are deprived of life, liberty and dignity, forcing them to resort to illegal means to make ends meet.

“If we are not given the chance to lead a normal life, then we are left with the ultimate choice of begging or prostitution to earn money,” the complaint added.

He is backed by four law students who had earlier filed a Right to Information application before the state election commission regarding eunuchs’ rights in the state.

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