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EP 50: The Hijra under British Rule

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The Kojasara Community and the Hidra Community and Their Historical Relationship

Kojasara's historically were like masculine presenting, right? They wore masculine clothing. Hidra's are usually depicted as wearing feminine clothing and sort of embodying femininity in other ways. There may have been historical interactions between those two communities. And there also was a sort of association in like the writings of elite men between these two groups.

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