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#shortstory ‘Kasha: The love of a Hijra’ by Fiza Pathan

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Kasha: The love of a Hijra by Fiza Pathan My name is Lily and I am a Hijra belonging to the Hijra or the eunuch community of Mumbai. My Guru baptized me with this name after my operation, when my private parts were chopped off from my body infront of all my Hijra friends and elders, as a sign that now I had become one of them. My Guru named me Lily, for she felt that I was … [Read more...] about #shortstory ‘Kasha: The love of a Hijra’ by Fiza Pathan

#stories ‘Asexual Vishaka’ by Fiza Pathan

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Asexual Vishaka by Fiza Pathan   Many of us hear about someone being LGBT  that is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. We have got college friends, office colleagues, bar friends and most of the time people in our own families who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender. However, when I learnt what I was . . . I was shocked that even I had a label in the ‘queer’ … [Read more...] about #stories ‘Asexual Vishaka’ by Fiza Pathan

#shortstory ‘The Birthmark’ by Fiza Pathan

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The Birthmark by Fiza Pathan   I come from a small village in Karnataka where I used to stay with my family which consisted of my father, mother, an unmarried uncle and two elder brothers. All of us children looked like our mother. We all had her dusky Dravidian complexion and we all had a birthmark on the waist just like our mother had. When I was born, there was a … [Read more...] about #shortstory ‘The Birthmark’ by Fiza Pathan

I Am Norman (Short Story) by Fiza Pathan

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I Am Norman by Fiza Pathan Ever since I can remember, I knew that I was Norman. I felt like Norman and acted like Norman and every bit of me wanted to be Norman….but the problem was, everyone around me including my parents were not treating me as ‘Norman’ which was normal for me . . . they were treating me as ‘Nora’ . . . a girl . . . but I wasn’t a girl and I knew it. I … [Read more...] about I Am Norman (Short Story) by Fiza Pathan