Her Facebook page is overflowing with messages complimenting her for her new job. Congratulations, you have hit the headlines, writes a student, attaching a newspaper story headlined 'Bengal college to have India's first transgender principal'. "We salute your courage," writes a friend. "Yes, it has taken some courage. It's been a struggle to be accepted as a transgender professional," says Manobi Bandyopadhyay, 51, shouting over the din of heavy traffic down a telephone line from Kolkata.