A Burning
Why did Lovely choose to leave home in the novel, A Burning?
A Burning
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A Burning
As a transgender woman, or hijra, Lovely experienced harassment and ostracization from a young age. Refusing to conform to her familial ideals, Lovely left her community and moved to Kolabagan, where she joined a hijra house.
A Burning