Naleena is an Indian transgender and in accordance the tradition of his nation she belongs to the so-called "third intercourse," neither man nor girl. As an providing to the Goddess Kali, the Indian transgenders, known as Hijras, bear the ritual emasculation, carried out in secret and with out anesthesia by the Thaaiamma, a sort of sacred midwife. Historically thought of sacred beings as a result of daughters and priestesses of Kali, these days the Hijras dwell like outcasts, even at a decrease degree than the caste of Pariah, and to outlive nearly all of them is compelled to beg and prostitution.
