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Sometimes the Arhiyal gave us The last few lines of the poem
back emphasize that the faces of
the naked, swollen bodies, the those who were wronged will be
faces remembered and there will come
eaten by fish. We hold on a time for change.
to red, the color of their saris,
the marriage mark on their
foreheads,
we hold it carefully inside
our blue skulls.
Today’s world shares eerie
similarities with what the poem
highlights, where the majority
suffer while a privileged few
benefit from the same situation. The change that a student can
The reporting of several cases of bring about as a citizen of this
assault indicates a general country is to be politically aware
dearth of safety for citizens. The of the goings-on around them
government's response to such and cast their votes instead of
cases has been defensive, and feigning ignorance at their
quite often, the victims are presumption of their
blamed for false accusations inconsequential role as electors
instead of addressing the actual in a nation of nine hundred
issue. Meanwhile the million. When you do so,
perpetrators of such heinous remember the faces of those
crimes are free to roam in this that were killed because of
society, threatening people into injustice and the ones who
staying silent. It is a sorry state underwent physical and mental
of affairs that in the current abuse that scarred them for a
scenario, women safety becomes lifetime. This time, Indigo has
questionable and even little the power to change the country
children aren't spared. for the better.
Nappinnai V
ECE
2020-24
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