[Reader-list] Independence………..????

[Asit Das]

Independence………..????

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*Whose independence you are celebrating?*

*while we (women) are harassed tortured*

*molested, raped and killed brutally*

*Every moment in this country…..*

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*While we are sold as commodities*

*while you preserve the age old in the market feudal*

*“Deudari system” in G.B. Road. Sonagachi, Malisahi……*

*Saying “sex workers”*

*Whose independence are you celebrating……..*

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*While you burnt down my houses*

*slaughtered my children……..*

*You paraded naked my mothers and sisters*

*Gang raped and lynched brutally*

*saying “UNTOCHABLE”*

*Whose independence you are celebrating???*

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*While you drove out us from our home*

*destroyed our lives, land and forest*

*made us beggars and commodities*

*for your “DEVELOPMENT”*

*killed us saying “MAOIST, NAXALISTS”*

*Whose independence are you celebrating???*

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*While you lynched my unborn baby*

*slashing womb of her mother in Gujrat,*

*Kandhamal, Bihar, Delhi….*

*Demolished my Masques, Churches and Gurudwaras*

*Hanged me saying “TERROROST”*

*Whose independence are you celebrating ??????*

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*While you raped in Kashmir, Manipur, Assam, Nagaland*

*You raped Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha……*

*Whose Independence are you celebrating??????*

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*-- Untouchable India, (JNU)*

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