There’s been too much in the news recently for me not to write this piece. Pawns is not a poem (I can’t write poetry). It’s just something that flowed out of the anguish I feel. Pawns Pawns Is that what we’ve been reduced to? Not fit to be born –…
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Unequal At Birth #PledgeForParity
Dear Lord, I beg you, I fall at your feet and implore you, “In my next life, don’t give me a daughter….give me hell instead” …. So go the words (translation) of a folk song from Uttar Pradesh, India. And in case you’re shocked by this here are some facts:…
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Truly Madly Deeply #100wordsonSaturday
The wedding tent was up. The makings for the wedding feast were procured. The guests had begun to arrive. Hamid and friends gathered together to plan. It was decided that when Gulnisa went to fill water at the community tap, they would drive by and kidnap her. They acted on…
