Rajasthan school teacher changes gender to marry student

A Rajasthan school teacher Meera changed her gender and married her student Kalpana Fouzdar on Sunday (November 6).

Meera, a physical education teacher at Bharatpur, went through a sex change operation after she fell in love with Kalpana Fouzdar.

Meera, now Aarav Kuntal, told the reporters, “Everything is fair in love. That is why I changed my gender.”

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Aarav and Kalpana met during physical education classes at school.

Aarav said he always wanted to be a boy. He fell in love with Kalpana during the time they spent together at the school playground.

“I was born a girl but always felt like a boy. I wished to undergo surgery to change my gender, had my first surgery back in December 2019,” said Aarav.

Bharatpur, Rajasthan | Teacher undergoes gender change surgery to become a male & marry a student

"I always wished to undergo surgery to change my gender. I had my first surgery in December 2019," says Aarav Kuntal, teacher who changed his gender pic.twitter.com/S70JGrprwr

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) November 8, 2022

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Kalpana said she has long been in love with Aarav, would have married him even if he had not undergone the surgery.

“I loved him from the start. I would have still married him had he not undergone the sex change operation. I accompanied him for the surgery,” she said.

Kalpana and Aarav’s marriage has been accepted by their parents.