The Mahabharata famously tells the story of Amba, the princess who was abducted by Bhishma but rejected by the warrior, who had Gender was fluid, for yakshas and humans alike, in ancient and medieval Indian culture. Who refused to marry because he believed he was a woman. The “Markandeya Purana” carries the story of Avikshita, the son of a king Seth had a long line of predecessors, as the scholar Devdutt Patnaik and the academics Saleem Kidwai and Ruth Vanita have noted. Unwilling to accept the argument often put forward that being homosexual, lesbian, transgendered or transsexual “Dubious” has become an anthem for Indians unwilling to be straitjacketed into heterosexuality, When Vikram Seth wrote “Dubious” many years ago, he may not have realized how long his poem would live. “Some men like Jack/ and some like Jill / I’m glad I like them both but still…/ In the strict ranks/ of Gay and Straight/ What is my status?/ Stray? or Great?” John Mcdougall/Agence France-Presse One of the many erotic sculptures adorning a temple at the Khajuraho temple complex, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
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