People who sing congratulatory songs from house to house are getting congratulations at this time. Those who had been seeing the society from a ‘second’ point of view, have got training to salute and take. Those who used to fall in trouble after seeing khaki, are now wearing khaki. All this has been possible due to years of hard work of people like Vidya Rajput and the efforts of the Chhattisgarh government.
In Chhattisgarh, 13 constables have been made from the third gender. These constables have a story of their own. She has a struggle. It is a long battle to reach here. Talking to India Times, she has told the story of her struggles.
Story of Akshara
Ashok, a resident of Silpilly in the Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh, is now Akshara. She has lived in a rented house in Gandhinagar in Ambikapur for 15 years, separated from her family. She only wanted to go to the police when she was Ashok Mandal. But, she became Akshara. The time cycle changed and today Akshara is being admitted to the police.
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Akshara says that she used to go to congratulate on the previous days, then she would run from there and return to training. She used to practice for 8 hours every day. Runs. She used to do a long jump. She is happy that the eunuch is no longer just for congratulating or begging in trains to eat. Now they too can live their lives with dignity.
Akshara considers Tamanna Jaiswal as her guru. Tamanna says that my dream was to wear Akshara khaki uniform. She has achieved this position through her hard work and dedication.
Story of Naina
Naina, who lives in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, was evicted by her family members 4 years ago. Naina’s behavior was changing with age. Naina was feeling it, but her family members were unable to accept it.
The housemates used to pressure Naina to live like a boy. Naina felt the woman inside her. She wanted to be like girls. There would be a quarrel with the family members on this matter. The housemates expelled her from the house again.
Naina moved to Pandari and started working in the textile market there. That job also went under lockdown. After this, she started living on the highway and started begging from the truckers. During this time, when she came to know about police recruitment, she started preparing.
Months of practice have brought her success. Now her selection has been done as an accused. She is very happy with this success and believes that for the first time in her life, she has found something that she has longed for.
Story of Deepsha
Deepsha also lives in the capital Raipur. She was fond of living like girls since childhood. But people used to tease her. Despite this, she used to wear Sanjati ti and dress like girls. After suffering a lot of burns, she decided to commit suicide.
One day she drank poison. But, someone rushed to the doctor and her life was saved. Meanwhile, she came in contact with Vidya Rajput, who was fighting for the rights of the eunuchs. It was here that her life changed.
After coming in contact with Vidya Rajput, she learned to fight against the circumstances. I started accepting myself and started moving forward. When the boys of my neighbourhood teased, I also opposed them. The people of the house used to say that they should show something. Prove yourself The housemates had fired. Had to eat by begging But today life is reversed.
During this time, I motored myself constantly. Learned to fight society. The spirit of doing something was increased. When we got information about police recruitment, started the practice and practised fiercely. Now my selection is done.
Story of Shaburi
Shaburi says that she was different from boys in childhood. She liked to live like a boy. However, she was also attracted to the job of the police. However, her hormonal balance attracted her to some other side as well.
Shaburi noticed that the policemen are respected by all. Khaki has a lot of power. In such a situation, she was determined to become a policeman. However, in the circumstances, she was changed so much that at one time she started thinking of life as a burden.
She exited the house. Worked from begging to dance to the songs of others. Life was going on a different track. At the same time, in the year 2017, he came to know that there is going to be a reinstatement in the police for the third Genter. After this, he saw new hope in life.
In the year 2017, she joined Tari. Initially, it was very difficult for her to go to the field and swim for physical training. However, emotion and passion made everything possible. He is very happy with his selection. She said that till now she had longed for the honor, but now the police uniform will honor her.
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Story of Shivanya
Shivanya still lives with her mother. The financial condition of the house is very bad. She works to mop the broom in the homes of others. However, during this time she started living like girls, then the bosses fired her.
She used to study in college, and boys used to tease her while going to the toilet. In such a situation, she did not go to the toilet at lunch time because most of the boys lived outside. People sometimes called Mamu and sometimes Kinnar.
She says, seeing me, the girls also used to say something. Did not talk The toilet had to be closed several times. After this, there was a struggle between all of them. When the information about police recruitment was received in the year 2017, a new ray was seen. Of practice and have reached here today.