TheHinduBusinessLine.com – Divya Trivedi
With very little support coming their way, transgenders have decided to speak up for their rights.
“We have a lot of talent and entrepreneurship which is unrecognised. When some of our people apply for jobs, they get rejected without being given any reason.”
At the age of nine, I liked wearing bindis and saris but my classmates teased me and made fun of me. At home, they scolded me and told me to change my ways. I did not understand what the fuss was about.
“When I became 10 years old, people in my area, Kurla, taunted me and called me a hijra. Because of this, my parents faced a lot of abuse from society. To save them from further shame, I left home and went to nani (a person heading a group of transgenders) in Kalyan. I grew my hair, stayed with her for two years during which she sent me to shops for collecting money.