Life of eunuchs

By Rafiqul Islam Rime Agrabad, Chittagong
6 August 2006, 18:00 PM
Humans, by a divine order, are of two kinds male & female. Yet there is another group that does not belong to any of the above two they are eunuchs-- Humans of third kind. The other day, while watching a TV programme on them on a private channel, I came to notice, to my utter dismay, the enormous pains & sorrows of these humans.

They were expressing the pains and sorrows that they encounter at every turn of their life. Society doesn't recognise them, community doesn't recognise them and so doesn't the country. They don't have a profession to earn a living; they don’t have a legal identity in the society that they live in. They are harassed throughout their lives at every level. Listening to them was a heart-wrenching experience.

It was really saddening a fact when they being asked to express their wish or demand to the people or the nation they just expressed or wished to be treated humanely by all around them... it seemed to me that they are destined to suffer and was wondering who will stand for them?

Before I conclude, I would like to urge the government to take some humane measures to add something to their life . The NGOs and the civil society should also come up to help these people.