Pardon me for asking,…. Eunuchs still exist in India?

See Eunuchs are different but they are good people. They respect all religions. They make tazias and also go to temples. Of course like all sections of the society, there are some people among them who are involved in crime but that’s a different thing.

Yes they collect money from the society, but I fully stand by their side as this society must pay for its double standards. There is difference between the zanana hijraa and the other group of kinnars. Children born with questionable sexuality who are often thrown up by parents are adopted by them.
Some of the eunuchs cater to the demands of sadistic men who don’t dare to approach their wives with certain propositions in matters of sex. The eunuchs bear a lot, still they live their lives happily and make people laugh, which seems a miracle to them.

Of course, they need to do certain activities to keep the extortionists cops away but then, anyway. I wish that this segregation of third sex could end but it is practically very difficult. Our civil society isn’t liberal enough to give them a space amongst themselves.

Government is not bothered, NGOs are less interested in this segment. And when they fight elections, the polling officials are unsure where to register them, as males or females. (I was in the campaign of a eunuch who had fought election). You must be knowing about the role of Eunuchs in Islamic societies http://www.amazon.ca/Eunuchs-Sacred-Boundaries-Islamic-Society/dp/0195071018