Eunich


First congratulations to Amrita in winning the Filmfare award for this movie.

Were the Eunichs in the movie, those who have had surgery to alter their "Private parts"?

Because centuries ago, men were non voluntarily altered, in order to work around women and never become aroused.

I gather that this village is in a current time in India. So is that the term used for all "gay" persons or what?

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Hijra's are "the third sex", intersex or hermaphrodites, also gay or transexual/transvestite.

Hijra's are a caste to themselves, you see them begging on trains or roadsides, or in some areas working as prostitutes.
They also go to weddings and births, dance, cause a racket and are paid to leave, traditionaly they have the power to bless or curse people, so if your nice to them they will bless the wedding/child otherwise a curse.
They have a strange role in society - not accepted, but still a part of daily life.

I am no expert on the Hijra but I find them absolutely fascinating, rejected by their families & mainstream India, but instead of dying quietly they fight on and create their own society. Incredibly strong, inspirational people.

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I think people throw around the word "caste" a lot without understanding what it means. And it just adds to the ignorance of what a caste system is and how is operated differently in different parts of India. Hijras are not a caste, they're a community. All castes are communities, but all communities are not castes.

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Well I guess people are baffled by the patent silliness of the notion of caste.

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