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IN QUEST OF HERSELF

Facing the storm

A soul modified by the patriarchal actions 

Surviving to live a life 

Fighting the demons of society 

Accepting the way they treated her 

Sacrificing happiness to please others 

Spreading love to everyone 

Struggling to maintain family's reputation 

Glossing her dreams for others 

Thinking about others before self 

Sprinkling all her concerns to others 

Owing life to male members of her house 

Busy in Seeking approval of her needs 

Tolerating the discrimination and the violence

Adapting new surname leaving behind the past identity 

Accepting four boundaries as her world leaving behind all ambitions and dreams 

Spend whole life in supporting others but end up having no support 

Still unheeded

Making all her efforts a grave failure 

Wearisome of others behaviour... 

In a search for recognition 

What she gets in return is, 

The position of goddess

Again, expecting to be the idol of love and sacrifice 

Worshipped few days and emaciated on the flip side 

Hence making a vicious cycle 

Which makes it impossible for her to gain an identity of herself.... 

BY RAKSHITA JOSHI 

          

                                  Image source: Unsplash By:Sharon Christina Rorvik 

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  1. Thank you Rakshita and Policy Centre and Gender Lab for highlighting the true plight of women in this gruesome world. As responsible citizens of the world it's our prime responsibility to be the change we want to see in this world and make it a better place to live in.

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