An assistant commissioner of Tamil Nadu police has drawn flak for asking gender certificate from renowned athlete Santhi Soundararajan.The athlete, who won 12 international medals for the country, was appointed as a woman athletic coach in the .
Sharmeen Kaur Mehra, or Sanha as she prefers being called is a professional makeup artist from Ludhiana, Punjab. In addition to freelancing, she also runs a small makeup studio at her home. However, these are not the only facets of her life. Sanha is a transgender, a term that is often substituted with derogatory ones like “hijra,” “kinnar,” or “chhakka.”
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