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A thought provoking poem which points out that we are told so many things from the time we are born as women. But, who hears our side of the story?
Don’t talk to strangers they say, But join one in matrimony and chart your life with dubious hope and prayer.
Be honest and speak your mind And be called blunt, crude or simply a bitch in the grind
Don’t speak at all, Your voice brings to us shame and horror, such gall!
Cover yourself well and maintain modesty The slightest show of skin, brings with it provocation and sin
Your honour lies with your skin, Touched without consent? Oh just take it on the chin!
A world where our roles as women Are curses and abuse rather than esteemed positions
They say behave like a lady Because raised volumes of our own volition are a hollow screech for society
Baby-breeding and not dream-churning machines, We stifle something far deeper than a scream.
Strangling some at birth, in the carefully concealed veil of sorrow in the room Forgetting that they too took form from the safe cocoon of her womb.
The smell of fear and despair paramount in the air, Memories of childhood and youth tarnished, we must bear.
They say be wed, life is difficult alone, we swear But would there be someone who would truly know how to care?
They say so much, as if on a mission But to us do they really listen?
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Rajshri Deshpande, who played the fiery protagonist in Trial by Fire along with Abhay Deol speaks of her journey and her social work.
Rajshri Deshpande as the protagonist in ‘Trial by Fire’, the recent Netflix show has received raving reviews along with the show itself for its sensitive portrayal of the Uphaar Cinema Hall fire tragedy, 1997 and its aftermath.
The limited series is based on the book by the same name written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who lost both their children in the tragedy. We got an opportunity to interview Rajshri Deshpande who played Neelam Krishnamoorthy, the woman who has been relentlessly crusading in the court for holding the owners responsible for the sheer negligence.
Rajshri Deshpande is more than an actor. She is also a social warrior, the rare celebrity from the film industry who has also gone back to her roots to give to poverty struck farming villages in her native Marathwada, with her NGO Nabhangan Foundation. Of course a chance to speak with her one on one was a must!
“What is a woman’s job, Ramesh? Taking care of parents-in-law, husband, children, home and things at work—all at the same time? She isn’t God or a superhuman."
The arrays of workstations were occupied by people peering into their computer screens. The clicks of keyboard keys were punctuated by the occasional footsteps moving around to brainstorm or collaborate with colleagues in their cubicles. Most employees went about their tasks without looking at the person seated on either side of their workstation. Meenakshi was one of them.
The thirty-one-year-old marketing manager in a leading eCommerce company in India sat straight in her seat, her eyes on the screen, her fingers punching furiously into the keys. She was in a flow and wanted to finish the report while the thoughts and words were coming effortlessly into her mind.
Natu-Natu. The mellifluous ringtone interrupted her thoughts. She frowned at her mobile phone with half a mind to keep it ringing until she noticed the caller’s name on the screen, making her pick up the phone immediately.
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