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Apart from basic gender categories such as male and female, there is a third gender which refers to the community of transgender. These people are rejected and discriminated in the society in which they live. They are not accepted as common people. Their life is filled with struggle, tears and barriers and they are excluded and marginalized. Their life is different from that of ordinary people as they do not have a good repute in the society. In order to fulfill their basic needs, they beg and even sometimes are forced to work as sex workers. In 2014 the Supreme Court of India declared the transgendered persons as the third gender. This groundbreaking judgment paved a way for the transgender persons to gain recognition and have the privilege to enjoy their rights now days. Education shapes one's life and gives upliftment. Many transgender persons try to come out of their restricted cage to spread out their wings in flight. Only few transgender people like Manobi Bandyopadhyay have come out successfully breaking the shackles of the society. Education and family support alone have helped her to assert her identity and she has become a representative and voice of her community. This paper is an attempt to show how Manobi faces the struggles and comes out of the crisis to achieve greatness in the society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An attempt has been made in this article to interpret Bharati Mukherjee's The Holder of the World as a novel dealing with the eco-critical values and the characters representing the society. It also traces the existing relationship between people and nature. As a diasporic novelist, Mukherjee searches the association between women and their contribution to nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]