Indian and Hijra
Posted by shantanu.dutta on 29 Nov 2008.
http://mutiny.in/2008/11/29/indian-and-hijra/In the days following the Malegaon blasts and the one in Nanded before that, Bjarang Dal activists and leaders have been head to say one sentence in particular – that in the midst of rising Muslim militancy and terrorism, Hindus can not be expected to stand by like hijras and remain passive spectators ? (Whether terrorists have a religion or not is another conversation, but unfortunately a large number of terrorists of various shades are claiming to be so!
Actually that comment is rather an insult to hijras - what sin did they commit, to get an association with people who go around with death and destruction as their companions? Hijras might be a bloody nuisance on the streets with their obscene gestures and garish make up but what else they can do – marginalized and outside the radar of main stream society and devoid of any meaningful employment opportunities, purveying cheap entertainment at weddings and birth day parties is all that they can manage to do any way.
