Indian Cinderella — Hijra marries Air India pilot
After contesting an election against Advani, the mascot of Indian masculinity, a change of pace for “Sonia” the hijra — she (ToI insists on “he”) is marrying an Air India pilot (and childhood sweetheart).
Sort of a tangled web, perhaps — there are two boyhood sweethearts, and then one of them has a change of sex, but they are marrying anyway. As they say in desi matrimonials — sex no bar.
A sex change operation did not give her the ability to conceive, but remember, this is India.
We will pray to Bahuchar Mata and to Khwaja Garib Nawaz of Ajmer for a child, but all the same, we have decided to adopt a child,” Sonia said.
And finally, the most essential desism, the wedding refrigerator.
Gift’s from the ‘bride’s’ maternal uncle were expected to include two kilograms of gold, 12 kg of silver, a car, a refrigerator, a TV set, a washing machine, a cell phone and 1,000 copper utensils.
Can Air India pilots bring their own refrigerators on board, we wonder.