There’s a lesson in all this: One size doesn’t fit all. When the government tailors solutions to the specificities of group disadvantage, it makes a bigger impact and faces little opposition. The eunuch identity — fluid and aspirational — is unique. When the government doesn’t factor in this uniqueness (separate toilets), it is less popular than when it does (paying for sex-change surgery). All it takes is a bit of imagination. And care.
vinay.sitapati@expressindia.com