Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The 'third sex' - ready to vote, but want better lives

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Twirling a lock of his shoulder-length hair, Suleiman (name changed) who goes by the name Sulekha stared at a pocket mirror. Checking the lipstick shade twice over, he sighed: 'I want to vote - but what good will it do to me? How will it help my community?'.

Sulekha is a eunuch from Seelampur in east Delhi. He is one of the 7,000-odd eunuchs in the capital. (Read more...)

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