The Hijra panic
An ungovernable population
Hijras and Indian middle class morality
The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra
The Hijra archive
Hijra life histories
Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories
Policing, evading, surviving
Saving children to eliminate Hijras
Conclusion
Postscript : Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia.