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COVER STORY A Clap Is Affirmative A recoiling society banishes transgenders to the wretched margins. As a bill in Parliament pledges protection, these Indians glimpse freedom. MINU ITTYIPE

BOOK EXTRACT And Then I Spared None Abused by a relative at six, Laxmi saw how patriarchy tried to crush her femininity. And she made it come back to crush them, 'those straight men with wives and kids'. LAXMI

OPINION To Locate The Scam, Use GPS The Smart Cities Mission will only create enclaves where civic amenities are digitally handled with foreign software. It will end no urban woe. C. RAMMANOHAR REDDY

RIO OLYMPICS 2016 Speak Through The Hand Marta's stocks have outstripped Neymar's, and how Jenna Bush let her hand do all the talking SHOBHAN SAXENA

DIESEL The Most Guilty Fuel Diesel is the scapegoat in the State's desperate bid to control pollution ARINDAM MUKHERJEE

LEADER COMMENT Birthday Resolutions What should the Republic of India resolve to do as she enters her platinum jubilee year if she were an individual?

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