Women’s Web is saying Goodbye! Please make sure you read this important notification.
She had been abused, left to her fate, written off. But he had reckoned without her inner strength, and the strength that a sisterhood could give her to rise... again!
She had been abused, left to her fate, written off. But he had reckoned without her inner strength, and the strength that a sisterhood could give her to rise… again!
Like the proverbial phoenix, from her ashes she arose What would you call such a woman – Kali, Durga or more? Bathed in translucence, from the fire that burned within, She stepped off of her pyre and breathed in her strength.
He thought he had slain her for she had lain prone But he forgot even Ahalya had arisen from the stone. With every measure of her being, calling valour from within She rose up from the embers, fiercely resolved to win.
Her tribe of sisters awaited, patient in their state; She went forth on her path, approached with measured gait. Raising her arms high, she embraced destiny’s call. She encircled fate in her palms and held it in enthral.
She cried, “Sisters I am reborn, I beat the ire of man. Time has bowed to my resolve, I pledge myself to you, my clan.” “It would take one million of him to make even a single you,” Chanted her sisters together & sky high their voices grew.
They held hands and emerged, into the world anew; Burgeoning in numbers they grew, much more than just a few. The time was now ripe, to make their voice heard; And deep into man’s world, they cleaved a fjord.
They charted a course deep, into the heart of mankind; They sailed the turgid waters, resolute and of one mind. They had arisen, these maidens, from the bowels of the earth; It was time to tell man, their essence was more than just the hearth.
Editor’s note: This story had been shortlisted for the Muse of the Month March 2019, but not one of the winners.
Image source: a still from the movie Kahaani 2
Sonal is a multiple award winning blogger and writer and the founder of a women-centric manpower search firm - www.rianplacements.com. Her first book, a volume of poetry - Islands in the stream - is slated read more...
Women's Web is an open platform that publishes a diversity of views, individual posts do not necessarily represent the platform's views and opinions at all times.
Stay updated with our Weekly Newsletter or Daily Summary - or both!
Dear Women’s Web Community Member,
You may have wondered at our being on the quieter side during the last couple of months. Thank you for your patience, and we wanted to come back to you with a detailed note on what’s been happening at our end of things.
When we first began Women’s Web, as a blog from one woman’s desk along with a few like-minded souls, little could we have imagined the heights that it would soar to. Over the years, Women’s Web has published over 20000 stories (almost all by women), empowered countless women with the ideas, community and resources to chase their dreams, employed hundreds of women in core and project-based roles, and in the process, emerged as the OG women’s community in India. It has also inspired many others to build communities of a similar nature, all enabling women (and other-underrepresented groups) in their own ways.
Please enter your email address