recognising others......

Recently election commission has decided to provide a separate column or to be specific , a column as 'others' along with usual male and female boxes in the electoral forms......this step is a laudable one as it recognises the transsexual's gender.....But our Government has to take more steps in facilitating them to join the main stream society....Most of the transsexuals suffer from social stigma , isolation by the society and sometimes even rejected by their parents also....In such situations they are ultimately pushed into prostitution or begging....Government can take steps to rehabilitate them and provide them with better work opportunities...one idea that had been in my mind for a considerable time is to provide them with better education regarding tourism and employ them in the tourism industry.....if Government is ready to do that i think it will receive lot of support from foreign travellers and also from international organisations......