A census first for third gender

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A census first for third gender
Ajanta Chakraborty, TNN, Feb 21, 2011, 05.55am IST

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/A-census-first-for-third-gender/articleshow/7536599.cms

Name: Rekha Mukherjee. Religion: Hindu. Age: No idea. Occupation: Stoic silence.

The team of officials led by Purnendu Banerjee, deputy registrar general (census), prompt the person shifting self-consciously on the plastic chair. "Go on, tell us what you do for a living. We have to fill up the column."

More silence. Finally, a curt reply: "Don't you already know that?"