The evening people of India are males who choose to live a life in which they dress and otherwise comport themselves in a way intermediate between the ways that typical men and women dress and act. This is similar to a Western definition of transgenderism.
It may be helpful to refer to Rakesh Ratti's A Lotus of Another Color (ISBN 1-55583-171-D) for more information.
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