India, Jan. 27 -- At the Paramount Book Store in Janpath market, the shelves are lined with bestselling titles. Amid the clutter, one slim hardbound quietly draws attention. Sealed in plastic, it is priced at a startling 10,000 rupees. Bookseller Naresh's explanation: the book is rare and long out of print.

Set in Delhi, Myself Mona Ahmed is regarded as a classic. This year it turns 25. Photographer Dayanita Singh's book interlaces image and text to trace the life of Mona Ahmed, a transgender person in Old Delhi. Documented over 13 years, the work unfolds in Mona's voice-on love, loneliness, and on her life within and outside the eunuch community. It is also a record of an enduring friendship between two people. Published when Dayanita w...