Upon prompting, Ram recalled how he became Rama the eunuch after being lured away into a ‘Hijrah’ stronghold and castrated with crude instruments and then made to eke out a living for a couple of rupees a day. But when he reappeared at the doorstep six–months later, the joy of the parents were cut short by a distinct queerness that had come over the boy who had aged much more than six years in the few months he was missing. He had just become another statistic in the numerous children who go missing each year. Last year in Delhi, when 13-year-old Ram did not turn up home from school, the police were clueless. They then assimilate the boy, ‘reborn’ now as a eunuch, to perpetuate their community. But for those who survive the healing process, the neem stick is removed, letting out a steady stream of urine which is at once acknowledged by celebrations from the eunuchs. In many cases, the pressure of the urine hit the ureters and damages the kidneys, bringing death and an escape from the agony. Meanwhile, the boy during this healing period does not pass urine, and is also not given water – to minimize the formation of urine. The wound is not allowed to fuse, enabling an orifice for urine to pass, which is ingeniously created by inserting a neem stick which is removed whenever the wound heals. Then the slower process of carving out the testicles is executed. First, the penis is cut off, without sedation, from young boys who are kidnapped pinned down by eunuchs themselves. Riboud describes in detail how eunuchs are created with the stroke of a dirty but sharp knife. If you happen to read the well-researched fiction of Barbara Chase Riboud’s ‘Valide – Novel of the Harem’’ on the Turkish Sultans, then there is much to squirm about. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”ĭeuteronomy 23:1- “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.’’Įunuchs have been there for centuries and the scriptures have mentioned them in many places. NEW DELHI: Matthew 19:12 – “For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The boy was forced to walk naked in the colony, say the police.An over 2,000-year-old journey for ‘hijras’. He is even seen with his hands and legs tied as he is thrashed. He is trying weakly to cover himself with his discarded clothes. One of the men filmed the attack and shared the video, in which the boy is heard crying out in pain as he is tortured with a beer bottle. The police say they were drunk when they tortured the boy on Monday, accusing him of theft.
"When I came to know of the video, I tried to kill myself," the boy told NDTV today.įour men have been arrested but the main attacker is missing. The mobile phone video surfaced on Thursday, three days after the assault, and has been circulated on social media.