Feeling disturbed with the rising violence against Women in India? Here is a short poem, ‘You are a daughter’; where I have tried to put all my anger and frustration in words. This, is an attempt to encourage, every girl and women in our Country to come forward and speak for themselves.
They say you are a daughter!
Sometimes Durga sometimes called you Kali,
Sometimes worshipped you and sometimes donated you,
They say you are a daughter!
Taught you bowing,
Taught you to break,
They say you are a daughter!
The ordeal continued,
Sita still kept on burning,
They say you are a daughter!
Now its enough,
As if daughters are not human,
But a mannequin of stuffed bone,
They say you are a daughter!
There is no limit to cruelty,
Inhumanity has crossed all limits,
They say you are a daughter!
Everyone has chosen silence,
Blindfolded their eyes,
You too are asked to keep quiet,
As if nothing happened,
They say you are a daughter!
Coz will kill if you speak,
Will burn you alive,
Eat you up like monster,
But still they will not be satisfied,
They say you are a daughter!
You don't have the right to live,
And have no right to fly,
You are mere pet of men,
Over which he has right to break,
How can be manhood proven otherwise?
They say you are a daughter!
I am in shock for the mother,
Who gave birth to a devil,
Or she has chosen to be Gandhari?
They say you are a daughter!
You wake up and be a Draupadi,
Take revenge for your insults,
Let there be another Mahabharata,
They say you are a daughter!
Now it's enough said and done,
Be Kali and destroy these devils,
Take revenge for all your insults,
Prove that you too are a human,
You are also hurt and pained,
They say you are a daughter!
– Pearl Vohra Bhatia
