Chapter-5

Jayatunnesa asked, what is the matter? Who gave you these putul tutul?(doll)

No one gave. I bought? These gifts.

For whom I understand someone has a birthday?

No, it's not. I brought it for Mumtaz.

For Mumtaz? He did not understand the word.

Yes. Call Hasina's mother. I will feed him chocolate with my own hands.

Honestly, this day was very happy for me. Such a memorable day has seldom come in my life. When he picked me up on his lap, I thought, is this Dad's touch? What kind of people are fathers?

I was slowly growing up. I was admitted to the school at the age of three. Jayatunnesa, of course, is very unhappy with my studies. So much so that I had a childhood scolding with the police driver at home, about which he also had objections. I call driver Ali Mama. Ali himself said, I am very good at studying. I can easily understand reading a book.

Hearing this, Jayatunnesa moved away from Nak Sint. But now when he heard that I would be admitted to the school, he said, what will happen if I teach him to read and write? Do hijras ever study? They stop cars on the way and beg. Big force, when new children come to someone's house, they forcefully collect money by setting up dance halls.

Hearing this, Neyamatullah became angry with his wife. Said, beware! She will never be called a transgender person. If someone calls her a transgender person, I will kick her out of the house.

Jayatunannesa started crying after hearing such hard words. Neyamatullah left the house without paying any attention

A question always comes to my mind. If I am a transgender person, what is the objection to introduce it? No one is a transgender on purpose. There are always some exceptions to the rules of creation. I am the exception to that rule. But I am not responsible for this. Hasina's mother said that ordinary people hate hijras(Third gender). But why? More questions arise in my mind, are not transgender people? Are they invisible creatures?

People are called equal, regardless of caste or creed. So why is there so much discrimination about hijras? Even with all these thoughts in my mind, I realized one thing, that I am a transgender person, it cannot be revealed to anyone. Neyamtullah at least does not want that. I will never do what he wants me to do.

I became the first in the fifth class examination. I never thought that reading would be so interesting. But I don't like going to school. Some parts of the book have to be read throughout the year. I do not understand why the schools have introduced this rule.

I like to read new books outside of school books, to learn new things. It is surprising to think that art or science, whatever it may be, has a wide range of knowledge on every subject. Each new book opens the door to a new world. It's like an undiscovered state I've been discovering. A treasure trove of new knowledge awaits me.