| 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. |
| For the thousands of hijras who throng Koovakam dressed as brides for Aravan, theirs is a martyr's role. |
| In India eunichs, known as Hijras, are considered neither male nor female, but dress and live as women. |
| This tradition is reflected today among hijras in India and as well as in cultures in other parts of the world. |
| In India I spent some time studying the hijras, a defined group of men who live as women. |
| Simply for appearing in public, hijras could be arrested and jailed for up to two years. |
