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Title page
Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Shikhandi
Part I
Appreciating Queerness
The Discovery or Invention of Queerness
Part II
1: Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife
2: Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver his devotee’s child
3: Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband
4: Vishnu, who became a woman to enchant gods, demons and a hermit
5: Kali, who became a man to enchant milkmaids
6: Gopeshwar, who became a woman to dance
7: Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend
8: Ratnavali, who became the companion of her female friend
9: Mandhata, whose mother was a man
10: Bhangashvana, who was a mother, and a man
11: Urvashi, who was born of no woman
12: Bhagirath, who was born of two women
13: Skanda, whose mothers were not all women
14: Aravan, whose wife was the complete man
15: Bahuchar , whose husband was an incomplete man
16: Arjuna, who was temporarily castrated for showing restraint
17: Indra, who was temporarily castrated for not showing restraint
18: Aruna, who became a woman when the sun paused
19: Ila, who became a man when the moon waned
20: Bhima, who wore women’s clothes to punish
21: Vijaya, who wore women’s clothes to conquer
22: Krishna, who wore women’s clothes in love
23: Samba, who wore women’s clothes as a prank
24: Alli, the queen who did not want a man in her bed
25: Kopperumcholan, the king who wanted a man in the adjacent tomb
26: Narada, who forgot he was a man
27: Pramila, who knew no man
28: Rishyashringa, who knew no woman
29: Shiva, who included the female in his male body
30: Ram, who included all in his kingdom
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