Meet Mandeep Kuar, a woman from Kailpur, Punjab, who has embraced her new look after growing a beard and a moustache despite her husband leaving her.

Kuar had tied the knot in 2012 but a few years into the marriage she was dumped by her husband. This sent her into depression.

"In 2012, I got married. After which, when facial hair started growing on my chin then my husband left me. They say we can't live together, because of your beard," she told a journalist whilst speaking Punjabi.

"Whenever I go to the market people are surprised to see me because I had a beard on my face but I dressed like a girl."

Since the breakup, she has been able to embrace her looks with the help of her family. Kaur has turned to farming thanks to her brothers.

"When my brother brought the Bullet (a bike), I had only one thing on my mind, that now all that was left was to ride a bullet, so my brother taught me how to ride a bike.

"One day when everyone returned home, I was riding the bullet on the ground, after which everyone was very happy to see me riding the bullet.

"It was a memorable moment for me. Now wherever I go, I go on the bullet.

"In my family, my all family members and my mother consider me a boy.

"My brother also considers me as his brother not his sister and we always go everywhere together and also do work together. He always consults me for everything.

"Today, I feel very happy that I am living in this world like a boy."

INDIA(Punjab)A Bearded Girl Mandeep is a girl but her looks are just like boys. By his face, people think she is a boy. His hobbies, way of working, and living are also like boys. Mandeep's elder brother also considers her his younger brother. Both of them do farming and Mandeep also loves to ride a Bike


Mandeep Kaur said that she was married in 2012 but after some time of marriage, when the boy and his family members came to know about the beard and mustache on her face, they broke the Marriage.

Mandeep told that after the breakup she went into depression, But with the love and courage of the family, she came out of depression. After then she started going to Gurdwara sahib and became a Gursikh, after which she adopted her bearded look.

Mandeep Kaur says that she has been blessed by Guru Sahib, and desecration of hair is a big crime that she does not want to commit. She said that today, this Beard look is her biggest strength for me.

On the other hand, Mandeep Kaur's elder brother told that she never let him feel the lack of a younger sister or brother, Mandeep always stood shoulder to shoulder with me everywhere.

Mandeep's elder brother said that Mandeep works with him in the fields and also goes to the market, if any difficulty arises, both sisters and brothers become each other's support. He said that when people see Mandeep for the first time, they do not believe that she is a girl, but they identify her by her way of speaking and voice. Mandeep's brother said that he is proud of his sister




Whenever I go to the market people are surprised to see me because I had a beard on my face but I dressed like a girl.

In 2012, I got married. After which, when Facial hair started growing on my chin than my In-laws and my Husband left me. They say we can't live together, because of your beard.

When my brother brought the Bullet(Bike), I had only one thing on my mind, that now all that was left was to ride a Bullet, so my brother taught me how to ride a bike.

One day when everyone returned home, I was riding the Bullet on the ground, after which everyone was very happy to see me riding the Bullet.

It was a memorable moment for me. Now wherever I go, I go on the Bullet.

In my family, my all family members and my mother consider me a boy

My brother also considers me as his brother not his sister and we always go everywhere together and also do work together. He always consults me for everything

Today, I feel very happy that I am living in this world like a boy.