ना देख मुझे घिनौनी नज़रों से
मैं भी खुदा की बनाई मूरत हूँ
मुझको किसी ने मांगा नहीं
बिन मांगी बद्दुआ सी सूरत हूँ,
लोगों ने नाम हिजड़ा रखा
गालियां देकर पुकारा करते हैं
इस जहां में कोई मेरा अपना नहीं
ना मैं किसी की जरूरत हूँ,
आती हूँ तेरी खुशियों पर
तुझको दुआएं देने के लिए
बलाएं सारे समेट लूं खुद में
शक्ल ना सही दिल से खूबसूरत हूँ !

- दीप शिखा

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एक इन्सान की मुस्कान
और आंखों की मासूमियत इतनी
छू गई मेरा मन
कि मैं उससे बात करने गई
मैंने उसे कहा कि बहुत सुंदर हो तुम
वो बोली,
"पता नहीं तुम्हें
मैं इक किन्नर हूं?"
मैंने कहा,
"इसका खूबसूरती से क्या लेना देना?!?"
सच में भगवान की एक सुंदर रचना हो तुम

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To My dear Eunuch Friend
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It was when you were simply a lad
I met you at that particular alley,
From that time we hath this bond
As you accepted me your true ally.

Most of us do think that
You simply born that way,
But the pain and blood of castration
Can't be explained through this lay.

Your trademark clap may rude to them
To them, you are a subject to jeer,
But the occult power you possess
Restrain them to harm you out of fear.

You may be the keeper of bed
You may be the servent of king,
But, to me blithe spirit -full of vigour
As nature bestows in season of spring.

......Written by, Prasenjit Chanda
( 04/05/2020 )

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Aaj mujhey bazaar me "eunuch"dikh gayi, achanak ek khyaal aaya, mai kitna khuskismat hun ki mai apni zindagi me jo chahun kama sakta hun, bna sakta hun, bann sakta hun, saari khushi thodi zaddujahad ke baad mil hi jayegi par inki qismat aisi nahi wo sabkuch khud kelye ladd kar juta sakti par kudrat ne jo unhey bna diya wo unhey nahi badal sakti. Almighty hi janey wo kya kisko deta hai, ku kisi ko deta hai aur ku kisi ko kuch kum deta.Aisey hum sab "nashukrey" hai jab chizien hoti hai tow hum thukratey hai aur jab nahi hoti tow dhundtey hai. Isliye uski hiqmat par shak na kartey hoye apna dil silarahmi kelye zarur khol sakta shayad ye meri ada mere khuda ko mohabbat aur shukriya ka ek tariqa lagey jin chizow se usney mujhey sharabor kiya. Baqi Rabb hi har gayb ki baatow ko behtar janta hai aur behtar faisley karney walow me se hai.

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As she painted her hand with aalta,
the meaning of it changed with every stroke.

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I wear a saree, people stare,
I wear jeans, they give deep glare
I come near, they say how do you dare?
They call me a stigma on society, how do I don't care...??
I am an eunuch that's my only fault,
At times I feel, O Lord, bring my life to a halt!

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The burden of the jhoomar on her forehead was as heavy as the jhoomar in the lobby under which she danced.

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That moment when you are travelling in a bus,

and a recruiter is talking to you on the phone,

while you are about to give ten rupees to the hijra,

who has been caressing your hair since last one minute.

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हम में नुक्स ढूंढ रहे हो
पहले अपनी खामियां तो गिन लो

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A terrible cry silenced,
Wails of a newborn...
Horrified faces turned,
Celebration into mourn...

Like red rag to a bull,
He pricked everyone's eye...
But mother took him in her arms,
And sung him a lullaby...

She was not ashamed of him,
But send him to eternal sleep...
Coz she knew world will ruin him,
For he was "An incomplete"....

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