Vinay

“Anna, I am so hungry, please give me at least that bread” asked Vinay to they tea shop owner.

Hearing his voice owner looked at him. He frowned at him saying, “What!!, you need bread? Go,go away from here.”

Vinay was very hungry he went through the streets begging. But everywhere he was thrown out and was scolded in a filthy language. He had no hope to survive as he was losing his strength slowly. He walked through the road like a dead with his thoughts of his past.

Vinay was studying in eighth std. Both his parents were working as a teacher in the same school. He had a younger sister studying in fifth std. Few days before, he could sense some changes within him. His mother too found out and all her happiness vanished away. They were very happy when Vinay was born as their first child . But now…

She always scolded him asking him not to mingle with any of them at school for she was frightened of this society ,her neighbors. Vinay’s father too knew about his recent changes and he saw him as a ridiculous being on earth. Vinay was affected by changes of his parents towards him. But his sister Rani, always continued to be the same loving sister to him. He took this decision to come out of the house two days before when he heard his parents conversing, thinking he was asleep.

“Latha, we cant have Vinay with us for long time. We cant hide from this society his changes in attitude , his voice , his actions. We have a daughter too. Will anyone marry her if they come to know that her brother is…?” he stopped.

Latha was little upset. But she accepted for her husband’s plan to take Vinay to Exhibition and miss him there all with their knowledge. On hearing this Vinay’s eyes filled with tears. He was shattered to pieces. Was this his mistake? But thinking of his loving sister , whom he wanted to be happy he left home that night.

Vinay was walking with his head bent down with these thoughts in his mind. He was very thirsty. He went near a pipe where few men were pumping water. He asked them for water. They with Vinay’s attitude made fun of him.

One fellow stretched a glass of water to him. Before Vinay could take a sip he snatched it from him and laughed loudly. All the men joined him. They made a round with Vinay in the middle and was making fun of him. Vinay with his hunger and thirst at its peak shouted wildly. He scratched their faces in anger. Frightened they allowed him to drink water.

He understood the way of living in this society!!

Transgender , we have come across such people in our society. The way in which the society treats them avoiding them is the cause that sometimes we see them behave in an arrogant manner.

Society denies them, denies education, no way to earn ,the only way for them to live is to implant fear in the minds of people about them and get the money and meet their needs. In many films they just show them as people who have no feelings, just for fun. The way in which the society treats them must change.

The change in hormones causes this problem and they can in no way overcome this. We must understand their feelings . Respecting them as human beings and providing them education and considering their well being is the way through which we can bring them from their present state of living. Except for the hormonal imbalance that causes this change they are humans with pain , joy , and feelings.