Synopsis
This documentary chronicles East Indian groups of "third sex" individuals living in squalor in Bombay in the midst of a chaotic society that ousts them. The film begins by noting that for centuries eunuchs were considered semi-divine beings, heralded for their marital blessings and feared by many for their powers. When the land was colonized by the British, their ritual castration was outlawed and their religion diminished in the eyes of many of the land's inhabitants. As the climate changed, these...more