Naaz Joshi

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Does Naaz Joshi drink alcohol?: Yes Naaz Joshi`s Instagram post on enjoying drinks.Naaz Joshi was born as a boy named Aizya Joshi. Her mother was a Muslim, and her father was a Hindu Punjabi. Naaz Joshi as a child.During her early years in school, her male teachers used to teach her how to walk like a boy, but she could never do so as she always felt she was a girl. Her schoolmates would always make fun of her for her gender.When she was seven, she was sent to one of her relatives houses in Mumbai. There, she was not allowed to go to school and was asked to do all the household work.To manage money for her studies, she started working at a Dhaba. In the morning, she used to attend school, and in the afternoon, she used to manage the Dhaba.At the age of eleven, she was gang-raped by her cousin and 5 other men. She was asked not to talk about this to anyone.Later, she met another woman who was also transgender. She told Naaz that she was just different, and there were other people like her in society.She was then offered another job that was of a bar dancer. To manage her school fee and expenses, she used to dance at a bar.At the age of 18, she met her cousin sister Viveka Babaji who was a famous Mauritian model. She inspired her and promised to sponsor all the fees for her studies.After completing her studies in 1998, for further studies, she went to the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) where she studied fashion design and topped all the semesters. She got a job offer in a campus placement drive, and she worked with big designers like Ritu Kumar and Ritu Beri. When she was working, the biggest problem faced by her was discrimination. She used to be called by different names at the workplace.