The conversion of Paili (a girl’s name) from Pintu, forced a 31 years old Hijra (Transgender) to leave home and settle to a Hijra community near Shayampur Lal Mosjid. 40 Hijras live in a slum environment with 10-12 feet long rooms. Sixteen years back, Paili’s Saudi Migrant parents were shocked by her ‘female’ fashion, long hair and ‘excessive’ makeup. Her elder brother once punished her for this ‘unexpected’ behavior. Following this incident, her mother had serious depression and eventually died in a heart attack.
Since then, the society cannot accommodate her with any category. Paili and her friends are leading an isolated life under one roof. Unemployment and starvation are probably mounting beyond the crisis of identification. The only way of survival is to collect money from shops and family occasions by begging, dancing and singing. Dancing and singing have become an inseparable part of their life which might liberate the oppressed emotion. Even after all these hitches, love often comes to their lives but does not stay long. Some boyfriends leave them randomly and some force them for prostitution. Negligence and betrayal are adapted by the ‘reality’ of their lives but the hope for freedom is still echoed with their songs. This is a story of ‘Hijra’.

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