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Eunuchs in mumbai is notorius, where do they stay and what do the do to earn their living? |
Travel Info Eunuchs in mumbai is notorius, where do they stay and what do the do to earn their living? Travel Tips The Eunuchs live in company of other eunuches in slums and remote places in Bombay. They typically live in the margins of society, face discrimination and earn their living in various ways, e.g. by coming uninvited at weddings, births, new shop openings and other major family events and singing until they are paid or given gifts to go away.The ceremony is supposed to bring good luck and fertility, while the curse of an unappeased hijra is feared by many. Other sources of income for the hijra are begging and prostitution. The begging is accompanied by singing and dancing and the hijras usually get the money easily. Some Indian provincial officials have used the assistance of hijras to collect taxes in the same fashion; they knock on the doors of shopkeepers, while dancing and singing, and embarrass them into paying. Recently, hijras have started to found organisations to improve their social condition and fight discrimination. There has even been a wave of hijra entering politics and being elected to high political positions.- Source(s): - Other Travel Tips I don't know the answer to your question, but I thought that you might like this defination of a eunuch - - - a guy who's cut out to be a bachelor. Y u askin u wana move there 2 earn a living? Well all over india they r,they r called kusarey in punjabi n chakheh in hindi, they live in homes like everyone else they earn alot more money then a average working person,they earn buy entertaining others in every aspect wher ther is money involved, they usually dance at weddings,births,festivals where they make alot of money,they dres beta dn women. Try it if u want, they r very approachable, if they find out any1 else is a eunuch then they wil forcefully take that child as theirs!if any1 was to go as a eunuch they wil house u n take care of u as ther own. My understanding is that Eunuchs in India are seen as unlucky, they often live in 'slum' areas and are often very poor and marginalised. It's estimated that there are around 1million Eunuchs in India You often see them on the trains coming in and out of Mamba, they are basically begging but they threaten to curse you if you don't give them money. Due to the fact that they are seen as unlucky they often turn up and wedding parties (and other celebrations) and insist on being paid to leave, as it's believed if they stay at the wedding the marriage will be cursed. Many also turn to prostitution. There was a time when they were out casted and were made to live separately, they were forced to live in a separated society and were to eran their living by entertaining on happy events. They were non accepted and were made fun of. not every eunuch wishes to cross dress but they were forced to cross dress as well so people could recognize them. Over a period of time their society became adolescent and they were cracking indecent jokes too. Some references u'll get in the movie 'Amar Akbar Anthony'. Also the heart felt reference of there community you will find in the movie Bombay. (Must see) In this modern times I guess the societies of eunuchs are reducing. People who have homosexual preferences do live their lives normally and are more acceptable y the society. To entertain themselves they have Gay Bars and there are many celebrities those are gay. |
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