Manabi bandyopadhyay biography of george

The biography of an Indian transgender is an essential read though understandably, not an easy one.

Well-wishers referring to the family’s increasing prosperity and commenting, at her birth, that “This is a boy Lakshmi!” was an early instance. She was the notable among the LGBT( Lesbian – gay – Bisexual – Transgender ) activists and played a major role behind the sanction of the law for the LGBT community on 24^th August, 2017, when India’s Supreme Court allowed legally the LGBT community to freely express their sexual orientation.

In 2003 , she underwent an expensive gender reassignment surgery and became a woman .She was the first from her community who has completed her PhD on transgenders in 2005. Not only the transgenders but any LGBT person are termed as chhakka or hijra , which is not only humiliating for the person to whom it is addressed but also for the entire country , India , a country of diversity which is always known for democracy and equal human rights. 

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She achieves her success when in 2014 the transgenders were declared as the ‘ third gender ‘. Bandyopadhyay herself has stated in an interview to the Hindustan Times, how she has fought the battle against ignorance of society , where she and her father has been threatened with dire consequences because of her transgender identity.

Acceptance is what I seek.” ( Manabi Bandyopadhyay) From the excerpt,  it becomes prominent the repression and suppression of the society against which she battled and finally snatched equal opportunities for the long discriminated and neglected transgender community. This is even more so when it is candid. Her story of standing alone and fighting with the higher education department shows that earning academic degrees is not an easy task for a transgender.

An inspiring person should follow the motto of “ Make a difference “ to contribute for the upliftment of society. Matters related to the sex reassignment surgery of the transgenders and their all round development has been looked after by the Board under the supervision of Bandyopadhyay. Manabi Bandyopadhyay Makes a Positive Impact on Society :

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Manabi Bandyopadhyay is a famous and inspiring person who not only speaks about the social problems but works in the practical field , she does not only write or speak in a theoretical manner but arrives on the battle ground as an activist.

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After she moved from her hometown Naihati’s Rishi Bankim Chandra College to Jadavpur University to study Bengali literature, Manobi’s worldview expanded under the tutelage of Shankha Ghosh and Pabitra Sarkar and in the company of her equally intellectually stimulating fellow students.

“Till then, hijras belonged to a community that clapped and begged at traffic signals or extorted money when new-borns were brought from the hospital. She runs India's first transgender magazine, Abomanob which is now an annual magazine which runs for more than 26 years.^[5]

Personal life

She has an adopted son named Debashish.^[3] She underwent gender-affirming surgery in 2003.^[1][2]

In 2013 she was a contestant on Bigg Boss Bangla.^[4] In 2019 Bandyopadhyay played a role in her debut film Purba Paschim Dakshin directed by Rajorshi Dey.^[6]

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