As we ready to observe Intersex Awareness Day on October 26, Yogesh Pawar explores whether the prejudice, bigotry and marginalisation the interesex community faces is changing at all in India An expensive suite in an iconic seven-star hotel in South Mumbai is abuzz with activity. Anticipation and perfume mix in a thick cloud in the room outside where big names from the real estate industry, corporate heads and a film financier with his wife, pallu drawn over her head, wait eagerly for darshan. Inside the room is Jyoti Ma, the intersex person they have queued to seek blessings from. Ze is dressed in turquoise blue pajamas and a white kurta. Shoulder-length curls frame zir face, coloured with...
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