Rehabilitation for the hermaphrodites needed

The other day I was waiting for a friend of mine near Malibagh intersection. I saw some hermaphrodites there who were seeking money from the pedestrians. A couple of minutes later my friend arrived there by rickshaw. She realised she had left her wallet at home and requested the rickshaw puller to take her back. Suddenly one of the hermaphrodites came to her and paid her rickshaw fair. My friend refused it but she said, “I had a sister like you but she is no more. Please let me do it for her sake." 

We both were very surprised because usually these people are treated so negatively in our society; they are considered as a group who only harass people on the street and take money from them forcefully. But the above mentioned incident proved that they can also be compassionate and giving. People should change their attitude towards them and the government must take measures to ensure employment and acceptance of them in society.

Bipul K Debnath
Department of English, Dhaka College