There is a complex history behind the segregation of this under class group, ranging from religious doctrines to the social mythical narratives. Such characters either endure the pain of social stratification or try to locate their identity in the complex social, and gender taxonomy, cultured by dominant class from various prevalent and divisive socio- religious discourses.

As language and desire are complementary, their attempts to remake themselves through ‘naming’ and ‘re-naming’ turns out as a heroic but unsuccessful exercise. They sometimes seek to avoid desire altogether. As we read the novel, we find that these characters are mostly torn between two worlds- male- female, love-hate life-death and so on. The author will analyse some major Transgender, third gender,(Hijra) characters in the novel, ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ and try to locate their alienation within gender specific literary discourse. an “other.” Their education as well as public space is restricted or they themselves choose to live a life of seclusion due to certain limitations. In every society, they are marginalized and forced to live a life of. These people are shunned by both family and society equally, and face severe identity crisis as they could not define themselves in the conventional male and female boundaries. Transgender, third gender,(Hijras) are considered as neither man nor woman and are being subjected to social exclusion and alienation from time to time.

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