Wednesday, 16 October 2013

The Eunuch [ #BAD13 ]


The Eunuch !
Small story on my helplessness and hopelessnes of the society I belong to. Don't eunuchs have rights ? Are they not as human as I am or you are ? Then why this discrimination ?  
 
I commute with my friend in a rick everyday from my home to my office .  On my way there are a few traffic signals . On one of the traffic signals there are a few eunuchs begging in their own way clapping . Well we have left them to nothing other than begging . Friday is their day and one will find them at most of the congested traffic signal near malls and other such places . One of the eunuchs approached me and clapped I took out Rs.10/- from my purse and gave. He blessed me and my friend and walked away.
‘You are very generous !’ she said with a smirk .
‘You shouldn’t encourage them . They are thieves .’ suggested the rick driver . Well people love to thrust their opinion on the drop of a stone and this was something good as everyone is preaching to stop begging by not giving alms.
‘If he is begging on the streets everyone of us is responsible . Society at large is responsible for the state he is in . Who loves begging ?’
‘They don’t do anything. They rob people .’ The rick driver was not to stop at any point it seemed and he needed some gyaan apart from my friend .
‘I am not generous . I feel responsible as a part of the society that has taken away all their rights . I am myself an employee so I cannot give him a job . My organization would never approve of hiring an eunuch .
 I [society] don’t allow him into my schools so I take away his right to education .
I [society] don’t give him an employment and hence take away his right to earn living and right to freedom though it is a free country.
I [society] don’t allow him into my society and discriminate on the ground of sex and hence I take away his right to equality.
I [society] would prefer to see him begging on streets but not question my [societies] intention on forcing him to beg . I cannot stop men using them for their sexual desires and exploit them and hence I take away his right against exploitation.  

           I don't mind them dancing at my wedding and entertaining but I mind if they come to my disc or pub !
In a way, I , the society has taken away all their fundamental rights and still would like to tag them and judge them . I am not generous . I am guilty . I am ashamed not to be able to help them and so I offer them money .’
The signal turned green and the rick stopped and wouldn’t start . There were lots of vehicles around honking to just get past and run off till the signal was green . They wouldn’t mind even if the signal was red as far as there was  no police around . There came a helping hand that pushed the rick and it started but before the rick driver accelerated into the traffic I popped my head out and thanked . It was the eunuch from the signal .
‘You are a nice lady !’ He said with a beautiful smile  and shook my hand .
He made my day .
But I am not generous I am simply guilty .
 

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