When Sandhya was born, her relatives in Nalanda distanced themselves with her parents saying that their name in the community would be disgraced as she was a transgender.
“My relatives told my parents that they should kill me or leave me all alone but my parents chose me over them,” said Sandhya. However, life had beautiful things to offer. She is currently working at an Amazon warehouse in Palam.
Her father, a daily wage worker started working hard to save some money for Sandhya’s education. However, to add to her woes, children in her school and people in the area where she lives started bullying her.
The boys would call her “chakka’’ and beat her up. She often faced sexual harrasment as well. “When I grew up and entered my teens, I realised I am a transgender and I started spending most of my time at home with my mother. When she went to work, I cleaned the house and cooked,” she said.
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