Eunuchs: India's Third Gender

Name: Eunuchs: India's Third Gender
Director: Michael Yorke
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-09-26
Duration: 51 min
Cast: Aruna Har Prasad

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Eunuchs: India's Third Gender

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BBC Elstree

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1998-09-26

Eunuchs: India's Third Gender

This extraordinary film explores the twilight world of India's eunuchs who both exploit and bewail their ill-defined status within society. The eunuchs introduce a special world, where for them divinity and daily life alternate in the flash of an exquisitely made-up eye. A 3,600-strong ancient sect who claim to be descended from the gods live in relative luxury. Other Indian men explain why they too underwent painful castration.

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