Anjali Arondekar

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496 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 1 May

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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · Sex Work in Colonial India · 1 May 2026 podcast

They hold government positions.

One of the most famous talk shows is run by a Khwaja Sira.

Khwaja Sira is basically saying Hijra in Pakistan.

different histories.

They have very different genealogies, but their attachment to ritual, tradition, et cetera, is the same.

So I think, again, our job as educators, as people who talk, you have an amazing platform that a lot of people listen to.

And I think the beauty of these conversations is to remind people that there is so much more to what you know, and not knowing is a good thing.

It means that there are so many of us.

I think it's a little bit of both.

So for example, let's take the example of the Aravani's, A-R-A-V-A-N-I, which is a community of hijras that is in Maharashtra, the state I live in, also in other parts of India.

So they are at once revered.

So if you have weddings or births, et cetera, they come and bless the child.

I mean, so you see them, you know, it's very normal.

But at the same time, because of the increasing conservatism,

that is rampant in India now because it is an authoritarian state, it is very anti-Muslim, it is very anti-anything that doesn't work for Hindutva, they are becoming demonized.

Like here, there are many more deaths of trans people and of hijra communities.

But they are also ascending.

I mean, it's like any community that's exploited.

They are organizing.

And the recent trans laws that the government is trying to pass in India is a good example for us to think about your question.

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