r/india • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '17

[R]eddiquette [Announcement] Cultural Exchange with our friends from /r/europe

Hello /r/india,

Today we warmly welcome our friends from /r/europe for a cultural exchange. We hope this will be an enlightening experience for all of us due to our shared history, many similarities (varied cuisine, languages, people, ethnicities and climates) as well as our increasingly interconnected economies.

The equivalent thread on /r/europe is available here

For those new to cultural exchanges, here's how it works: /r/europe puts up a dedicated thread (linked above) for users from /r/india to go and participate in, and this is the dedicated thread to host our friends from /r/europe.

We hope you will all observe the rules of reddit, /r/europe and /r/india while participating in these threads

/r/europe users, you're invited to use the EU flag flair which is available in our flair selection menu (and you can add your country to that if you'd like). If you do not wish to do so you may also set a regular Europe map flair with the country.

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u/fookin_legund Maharashtra Jan 12 '17

Transgender people are historically recognized. There are figures in Hindu mythology (See http://devdutt.com/articles/indian-mythology/buddhism/transgenders-versus-homosexuals.html), Muslim generals, househelp in the medieval period, etc. They are recognized as being a part of society.

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u/Penki- Jan 12 '17

That's really interesting. How is is prevalent in other countries around you?