| Simply for appearing in public, hijras could be arrested and jailed for up to two years. |
| This tradition is reflected today among hijras in India and as well as in cultures in other parts of the world. |
| In India eunichs, known as Hijras, are considered neither male nor female, but dress and live as women. |
| In India I spent some time studying the hijras, a defined group of men who live as women. |
| This documentary offers a rare insight into the lives of four Indian hijras or eunuchs as theyattendthe annual Koovagam Festival, the biggest eunuch gathering in India. |
| Though some hijras refer to themselves in the feminine, others of them say that they belong to a third gender and are neither men nor women. |
