Light…..
Yes, we must light
Hundreds & hundreds of candles
For the female paramedical student
Who was attacked and raped
In a running Delhi bus
And died in a Singapore hospital
We are ashamed
but we pray for you
Light…..
Yes, we must light
Hundreds & hundreds of candles
O! Daughter of Delhi
Daughter of India…
But I beg all my countrymen
To light at-least one candle
For mercilessly killed
Pregnant woman journalist
Friend of a very Sr Politician…
Pl light a single candle
For young Hindi poetess
Used & physically exploited
By another political leader
Killed by hired goons
Of the same leader….
Pl light up
One small candle
For the beautiful married
Rajasthan nurse
Lured by power & money
Sexually exploited and then killed
By the politician to shut her up….
It’s my personal request to you all
Pl light one candle
To salute the brave lady
Who was paraded naked
In her own village of Rajasthan…
Pl light just one candle
For all those young girls & women
Of Kashmir and Punjab
Raped, exploited and killed
By the extremists
When terrorism was at its peak
In the said states…
O! my friends and countrymen
I pray you
To light one candle
For the women police officers
Molested on the roads of
Bhuwneshwar & Mumbai
By the same demonstrators
For who’s security
They were deployed…
If you have
Few candles left
Pl light up one candle
For the sexually exploited and harassed
Woman executive of an aviation co.
Suicide was the option
She opted for…
Light at least one candle
For those girls and women
Who are regularly
Molested, exploited and raped
By the security personals
In the homes and in the police stations…
Pl.. pl.. pl..
Light one more candle
For the girl
Forcefully striped of her clothes
In the presence of police
On the Roads of Guwahati…
I know
Our country
Has not enough candles to light
For each girl and woman victim
Who are in millions
But pl light this last candle
For all
Molested, tortured, exploited
Raped & Killed
Aadivasi, Dalit, Backward class women
Or
I request you all
Pl don’t light
These candles at all
Because in the light of it
All those faces will become public
Who are responsible for
Exploitation , torture, molestation
Rape & killings
Of our sisters and mothers….
‘naman’
