Eunuch in a Delhi home - dancing on the tune of Tabla and Harmonium. What role can Media play in educating the families of eunuchs, especially young eunuchs and also how can it educate the society about transgender, transsexuals, eunuchs, kothis and hijras? How many of us know who eunuchs are, and who hijras are?
How much space is given in the newspapers or on Television how many minutes/seconds are allotted to talk or discuss about such sensitive issues. The eunuchs are a part of society, and they too have a life…. then why are they considered different from the mainstream?
They are stereotyped by the society and are figures of rejection. Many of them have been the brunt of crude jokes. What is it that Media is doing in order to educate and inform the parents of such eunuchs? What is it that the Society is doing in accepting eunuchs and helping them in expressing their sexuality or sharing their sexual identity in the normal society?
Let's have a discussion and get this kickin' as future journalists. What are we going to do if someday we have to write on such sensitive issues? How are we going to deal with this section of society?
Anika Sharma
Check the link:
http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/how-should-media-deal-with-eunuchs-hijras/
