From the shadows

[Shana A]

From the shadows
13 Apr 2008, 0026 hrs IST,S Shanthi & Amrita Singh,TNN
 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/From_the_shadows/articleshow/2947886.cms

You spot them at traffic signals, wearing makeup, brightly coloured sarees and flowers in their hair, mocking and demanding a few bucks. Their visibility has been limited to this and some social occasions where they, again, turn up to ask for money. A misunderstood community suffering from social stigma, the third sex in India has for long been kept out of the mainstream.