The Veiled Hijra of Mumbai

The Veiled Hijra of Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

comely cute and coy
hiding her face from others
because of her overprotective
over possessive toy boy
the veiled hijra of mumbai
sweet simple and shy
neither man nor woman
this androgynous guy
treated like a leper by
homophobic society
her basic rights
to live as she wants to live
they deny
saying homosexuality
is a disease
they squeeze her dry
a testicular tragedy
a hijras soulless cry
article 377
to sodomize
her fundamental right
her life a swine flu
pig sty

dedicated to anand grover