Intersex By Birth Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

Have you seen any new born baby
Who is intersex?
You may not, it's happens rare
May be one in million
Or less than that.

But in usual life we see
Hundreds of intersex here and there
Of different ages
Collect money in trains, buses....
They come to our home too
When a baby is born,
Marriages are celebrated
And other functions.
They bargain for money
Also misbehave.

From where they come?
Are they intersex by birth?
Or artificially made?

People say... in Uttar Pradesh,
There are few illegal professionals
They convert boys into intersex.
The vagabonds willingly go to them
And become an intersex
to earn money by emotional blackmail
Are they same persons
Whom we see in the trains and buses?

Few say, the groups of intersex
Who come to our house in a group
To sing and perform dances
On child's birth and marriage
Are the registered one
They are intersex by birth
And the other groups
Those collect money on trains, buses
Misbehave with people
Are all man-made intersex.

(Wild Flower)