In a sharp indictment of India’s human rights watchdog, a prominent transgender rights activist has resigned from a body under the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), accusing it of failing to uphold its mandate and calling it “hypocritical.” Announcing the resignation, the activist alleged that the NHRC has remained largely silent on critical issues affecting marginalized communities, particularly transgender persons. “NHRC’s deafening silence seems like a mockery of it