These are my personal observations I maybe right I may not be wrong..
The homosexual element is a sexual preference , man wanting to sexually be satisfied by man.
The Ardha Nari is the duality of gender within the psyche of a man or woman..
A Man may me more feminine and less masculine.A woman maybe more masculine less feminine .
But both elements of Man and woman and ying and yang in the human core of reality.
Now the Hijda holds the upperhand in the hierarchy, the hijda is fiercely possessive about the dichotomy of his gender.
The Hijda is a state of Mind .
He has ancestry , heritage , ethnicity and more.
The Hijda is a homosexual but a homosexual is not always a Hijda.
I have seen Hijdas walking in and out stark naked but there was never an urge to shoot them..I know my limit..
I shot hot pictures of Muskan, as it was hot and humid environmentally .
I know when not to go overboard.Nor am I pretentious of being a Hijda Fashion photographer .But yes I merge with the Hijda his alternate sexuality - all through the viewfinder.
The Hijda is a unique creation of nature , a nature within the restlessness of man.I dont take notes when Laxmi highlights the Hijda angst..
The Hijda is far too human a vessel with amrut and poison too, black and white , night and day.
There is a vast difference betwen the copulation of man with man as compared to the tantric sex of the Hijda art of Lovemaking..
Hijda sex I am told by the few toy boys I talked to is the Unholy Grail or the forbidden fruit..
I dont know wether a hijda was making fun of me because of my saffron attire at Payal Hijdas house , she said she would like to have sex with a man like me.I told her I was a celibate and created in the mould of a Naga Sadhu.
Sex is also something that orgiastically is fulfilled through the mind too on a celestial plain.
My pictures are not meant for titillation..
My pictures are real in a make believe world..
But yes its not conceit but I shoot the Hijdas exactly as I see the Hijda in his natural surroundings.
I did tell my Guru Laxmi Narayan Tripathi she was more partial towards the white photographer than a multicolored man like me.
Yes I do envy Marc de Clercq who stayed for two months at Laxmis house shooting the Hijdas..
And as gifted as Anita Khemka I cannot be - a thought that pre empts going for a sex change.. Ha Ha Ha
I am happy in my moderation and those of my plastic body ethereal soul of the Nikon D 80.
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