[Reader-list] She with her 8-month old daughter to be sold in Ajmer.

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

*working Class, correction, please.**
*On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi <
rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com> wrote:

> And there is class panchayath which calls for paralysed states with the
> protests, with bandhs and dharnas at drop of a hath....
> Regards,
>
> Rajen.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> These are the type of politicians we elect who listen to our votes and
>> turn
>> deaf after that.
>> Regards,
>> V Murali
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM, prakash ray <pkray11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > She was married in her childhood. When she became adult, she married
>> > another
>> > person with the consent of all families including her first 'husband''s
>> > family. She gave birth to a girl-child. Both wife and husband are
>> > labourers.
>> >
>> >
>> > Suddenly the Caste Panchyat and powerful men term this marriage
>> 'illegal'.
>> > A
>> > punishment was declared: Either pay fine to the 'Panchayat' or this
>> money
>> > will be recovered by a public auction of the woman and her daughter.
>> > Meanwhile, her family won't be allowed to use hand-pump and other
>> community
>> > facilities. No one will buy milk from her. She or her husband or other
>> > members of family will not get work under the National Rural Employment
>> > Guarantee Scheme.
>> >
>> > Local MLA and MP (an Union Minister) have been contacted but there is no
>> > response. The administration has not provided any relief to the family.
>> >
>> > A reporter from a TV channel asks her: Mehraj, will you fight against
>> this
>> > tyranny or accept the 'judgement'?
>> >
>> > Mehraj: I will fight till my last breath.
>> >
>> > Her daughter in her arms is smiling. Amazed me remembering a poem by
>> Ashok
>> > Vajpayee.
>> >
>> > कोई नहीं सुनता पुकार--
>> >
>> > सुनती है कान खड़े कर
>> >
>> > सीढियों पर चौकन्नी खड़ी बिल्ली,
>> >
>> > जिसे ठीक से पता नहीं कि
>> >
>> > डर कर भाग जाना चाहिए या
>> >
>> > ठिठककर एकटक उस ओर देखना चाहिए।
>> >
>> >
>> > कोई नहीं सुनता चीख़--
>> >
>> > सुनती है खिड़की के बाहर
>> >
>> > हरियाये पेड़ पर अचानक आ गई नीली चिड़िया,
>> >
>> > जिसे पता नहीं कि यह चीख़ है
>> >
>> > या कि आवाज़ों के तुमुल में से एक और आवाज़।
>> >
>> >
>> > कोई नहीं सुनता प्रार्थना--
>> >
>> > सुनती है अपने पालने में लेटी दुधमुंही बच्ची,
>> >
>> > जो आदिम अंधेरे से निकलकर उजाले में आने पर
>> >
>> > इतनी भौंचक है
>> >
>> > कि उसके लिए अभी आवाज़
>> >
>> > होने, न होने के बीच का सुनसान है।
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>
>
> --
> Rajen.
>
>


-- 
Rajen.