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The poet has described what a girl child inside the womb of her mother must feel like knowing that she would not be getting a chance to live.
I feel drowsy after having my fill of food,
floating around in the womb of water,
dreaming about how I can play around with my friends,
all the girly talks, dressing up for occasions,
stealing glances at that handsome guy,
and the big plans to be a successful career woman,
but all this just seems like a mirage,
my very existence becoming a question,
why do you want to do this, don’t you love me?
I’m your blood, a symbol of your love,
why do you want to crush me even before I enter the world?
I have so many dreams, don’t I have a right to live my dreams?
All this just because I’m a female,
but I am life, I create life, why nip me in the bud?
Kavitha is based in Hyderabad, India, a Civil Engineer with a Masters in Environmental Science by profession. Love for writing made her take up writing for the past fifteen years. She has published her first read more...
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If her MIL had accepted her with some affection, wouldn't they have built a mutually happier relationship by now?
The incident took place ten years ago.
Smita could visit her mother only in summers when her daughter had school holidays. Her daughter also enjoyed meeting her Nani, and both of them had done their reservations for a week. A month before their visit, her husband told her, “My mom is coming for 4-5 months!”
Smita shuddered. She knew the repercussions. She would have to hear sarcastic comments from her mother-in-law for visiting her mother. She may make these comments directly only a bit, but her servants would be flooded with the words, “How horrible she is! She leaves me and goes!”
Are we so swayed by star power and the 'entertainment' quotient of cinema that satisfies our carnal instincts that we choose to ignore our own subconscious mind which always knows what is right and what is wrong?
Trigger Warning: This has graphic descriptions of violence and may be triggering to survivors and victims of violence.
Do you remember your first exposure to an extremely violent act or the aftermath of a violent act?
I am pretty sure for most of us it would be through cinema. But I remember very vividly my first exposure to aftermath of an unbelievably grotesque violent act in real life. It was as a student at a Dental College and Hospital.
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