Volume III Special Issue IV April 2023

Name of Author : P Indhu, S Sneha

Title of the paper : Hijra Communitys Resounding Voice: A Study of Laxmi Narayan Tripathis Me Hijra, Me Laxmi

Abstract: The modern Indian society is talking so much about the rights and the position of third gender people. Third gender being an important part of ancient Indian society to again becoming an issue of disrespect and fighting for their peaceful and dignified existence in the same society to gain their identity back. Hijra Community in India is the most backward community which is rejected and socially excluded from participation in any social activity. This paper looks at Laxmi Narayan Tripathi’s autobiography Me Hijra Me Laxmi as an important intervention in the debate of identity. The aim of this research paper is to bring into perspective to the predicament of the third gender. The objective of this paper, therefore, is to explore the question of transgender identity in the light of autobiographical work of Laxmi Narayan Tripathis Me Hijra Me Laxmi. The present paper also attempts to study the life, desires, culture, trauma and pain of transgender exclusion at the hands of dominant culture as well as their silence in expressing themselves through Hijra autobiography Me Hijra, Me Laxmi 2015 by Laxmi Narayan Tripathi.

Keywords : Hijra, Identity, Third gender, Transgender, Gender issues, Gender identity, Trauma

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Page Number : 6-8