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This poem talks about how women have been marginalized since the times of our mythology and explores if anything has changed for us?
I am the same who was thrown,in the pyre in the name of SatiI am the same who was thrown,in the fire to prove my loyalty as SitaI am the same Draupadi, who was left behind,in the Himalayan foothill by the five of you.I am the same, thrown by you,in the the temple, as a DaasiI am the same who has traveled,through light and fire,In your History and Mythology books.Only to be labelled as a Powerful Woman.That powerful Woman, who is still finding,where is her Fire, within or outside.And,
Only to be found that,She is trapped, only to be thrown away.
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She keeps wandering, she was also caught in the class as she was day dreaming, somehow managed to escape from her English teacher 2 decades back, and now entangled herself in this happy cobweb of read more...
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A nature lover, Usha Rajagopalan set up a trust called the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) in June 2010.
While there is a glint of adventure in her eyes and a chuckle in her voice, there is also an unshakeable determination to achieve her goals which, she says, she has had from her college days. That’s Usha Rajagopalan, well-known Bengaluru-based author.
But these days her writing has taken a backseat as lake conservation has become her passion. The 67-year-old spirited senior citizen has made it her life’s mission to save the Puttenahalli Puttakare lake near her home.
Usha Rajagopalan likes calling herself a “lakeika” – a lake activist and a writer (‘lekhika’ in Hindi). “I am a writer by choice and lake conservationist by chance,” she says with a smile. Creative writing has always been a passion and she has published several books.
Who are these people who decide how a married woman should pose? Women do have a life and career outside their marriages!
Last week, a picture kept popping up on my FB feed, of a man and a woman standing close. I didn’t pay much attention, they looked like any other celebrity couple.
It was when I accidentally saw a derogatory term about the woman as the title of a post, that I read.
The woman in the pic was Dhanashree Verma, a Youtuber, choreographer, Jhalak Dikhla Ja participant and wife of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal. The man was another choreographer, Pratik Utekar.
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