Open AccessGuru-Chela Relationship As Described In Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Me Hijra Me Lakshmi
Author(s) -
Augusta Priyadharshini. A,
N. R. Gowrishankar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
smart moves journal ijellh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4406
pISSN - 2582-3574
DOI - 10.24113/vol7iss10pp6
Subject(s) - chela , logos bible software , transgender , sociology , gender studies , theology , philosophy , biology , ecology , carapace , crustacean
Laxminarayan Tripathi a transgender activist and a well-known classical dancer was born in Thane, India. “Me Hijra Me Laxmi” an autobiographical novel demonstrates the relationship among the members of the hijra community, especially the bond between Laxmi as Chela to Lata(Guru) and Laxmi(Guru) as her Gurus. This article brings the exact relationship between a Guru and a Chela in the hijra community to limelight.