Awaaz!

 Delhi rape case has moved all of us. Every young woman in the country like me is aghast and asking this question to herself “what if that girl would have been me ???” . Every family in the country is terrified of sending their daughters outside for studies or work, thinking “will she ever come back home safe or even alive?” Every mother having a baby in her belly is thinking ten times before bringing her girl child in this dangerous environment wondering “will she be able to survive in this brutal and inhuman world!!! ?” But then the innocent girl in her womb tries to have a dialogue with her and tries to convince her mom to bring her into this world. I have tried to put this dialogue in the form of a poem “Roshani ka janm aur nari ki jeet”:                               " रोशनी का जन्म और नारी की जीत " एक चीख रात को चीर , माँ के हृधय तक आई . और   सुनकर ये नन्ही आवाज़ , माँ थोड़ी सह्मायी ... " माँ , मुझे मत मारो .!. मत