In Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, jogti hijras, jogins, or jogappas are trans women who devote themselves in temples as special servants to the goddess Yellamma.
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Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
As previously noted, one of the gifts of Russian greats that Saunders most celebrates is their way of locating complex truths in the stuff of ordinary lives—their towns and farms, and their families, their servants; their animals.
Now footsteps are heard rushing up from the floor below, and Varsha is soon surrounded by her aunt’s retinue of maids and household staff.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
The festival is rooted in the story of Lord Krishna, the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is said to have played pranks by splashing maids with water and colors.
Cabin attendants discovered Kepner's body, prosecutors say, wrapped in bedding and partially hidden under a bed, with a box of life vests positioned to obscure it.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
The combination of attendants and police officers directing traffic seemed to have worked.
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Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.
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Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.
UConn men’s hockey coach Mike Cavanaugh lost one of his top lieutenants, Nick Peruzzi, to Wisconsin this week.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
But the series falls under the purview of one of Friedlander’s top lieutenants, Brett Fetter, Head of Worldbuilding & Genre Series, who didn’t start at Amazon until February.
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