Hijras of Kashmir : a marginalized form of personhood / Aijaz Ahmad Bund.

"This study tried to understand how the transgender community of Kashmir experiences their life. It focuses on the self-reported experiences of Hijra or transgender people who recognize their gender individuality as contradictory to the one they were attributed at birth. It is a qualitative study, which is based on twenty-four in-depth interviews and ethnographic accounts. It studies the diverse and distinct Hijra subculture of Kashmir. It also evaluates the overall social, economic and the psychological problems of Hijra or transgender community of Kashmir. It accesses the need and approach to be followed to rehabilitate and reintegrate them in the mainstream. The study uses the major approaches of the social work discipline to formulate an intervention plan."--