As a child, Anjum was born intersex, but her mother, Jahanara, gendered the child a boy and called Aftab.Īlthough Aftab generally presents as masculine as a child, he is an excellent singer, which causes the neighborhood kids to tease him about being too feminine. She is a Hijra, a transwoman, who has left the Khwabgah where she lived for years with many of Delhi’s other Hijras. The two of them read the newspaper together, and the Imam learns that the woman’s name is Anjum. She doesn’t get many visitors at first, but soon the blind old Imam Ziauddin becomes a frequent companion of hers. A strange older woman has set up her home in the graveyard behind the government hospital.
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