An open letter to Politicians, God men and all those who have taken it upon themselves to enlighten us...
Dear Sirs/ Madams, I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude towards you for enlightening us women as to why when we do certain things; we call upon ourselves the inevitable circumstance of getting raped. Had you not stepped upon the mantle to highlight what we dented and painted women do, we would have stayed in the darkness of ignorance and continued to get raped and hoped for justice only stemming out of the wrong belief that the rapist is the criminal and not us. Your efforts at highlighting our “mistakes” and “invitation for rape” are surely noteworthy. It’s only because of you that we have realized that staying out of the house late at night, having a male companion who is not a brother or husband, wearing skirts and other provocative clothing, not going home strait away from school or college, listening to western music, having a mobile phone, staying in India and not Bharat mean an invitation that reads “I have crossed the Lakshma...
Must say your every poem is better than a last one.
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Thank you Mohit!
DeleteVery nice Upasana!
ReplyDeleteThank you Amit!
DeleteMoon- someday we will meet :)
ReplyDeletewah.. nicely expressed.
Thank you Deepak!
DeleteI felt this poem two different ways.
ReplyDeleteA childhood dream to capture the moon... ah. we all do have that when we r little. innocence personified.
second is more personal. to meeting someone whose abode is the stars itself. heavenly yearning n memories.
thank u...
You come up with such beautiful interpretations! I am in awe!Thank you!
DeleteGreat minds think alike :)
ReplyDeleteI think exactly the same way about my 'Dream Girl' <3
Am glad Raja! Thank you!
DeleteNicely expressed... :)
ReplyDeleteits good to dream big...warna chhote target achieve karne mein maza nhi aata... ;)
How true! Thank you!
DeleteBeautifully written
ReplyDeleteThank you Owais!
Deleteshort & sweet !! very nice
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DeleteBeautiful poem Upasana!! :) really well written and the shortness of this poem is the essence of it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jen!
DeleteSuperb piece of writing :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Prasoon!
Deletevery nicely expressed
ReplyDeleteThank you Magic eye!
DeleteUpasana - I am feeling inspired reading your post .. one shouldn't be afraid to aim big in life !! Cheers to your dreams !!
ReplyDeleteAwwww...Thank you Sangeeta!
DeleteSuch an awesome poem :).
ReplyDeleteShort and sweet :D.
Touched my heart :).
Lovely!
Thank you Princess Poo!
DeleteNice message. Beautiful poem. Always aim bigger. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Akshay!
DeleteLovely poem! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Pranita!
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ReplyDeleteThank you Rishi!
DeleteIt is lovely to see hope bubbling over in this poem :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Anne!
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