W is for Waheeda

 

 

and then he kicks me out of the door

slams it shut on my face

i sit shivering in the cold

the chai wala gives me a steaming cup of tea

why do you argue?

i look at him wordlessly.

on such nights I also wonder

why do I argue? protest?

nothing changes.

every time it happens

 i spend a night on the street

waiting by the door

till next morning

he opens the door and drags me in

why do I argue? protest?

nothing changes.

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T is for Tashi

 

 

you chose him

we told you not to marry

different religion, different city...

it`s all your fault

you don`t listen

you don’t understand.

 

but ma do you understand?

do you listen?

I am a failure

But do you have to be one too?

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N is for Namrata

 

 

she traced the little white dots on her wrist

there was a big ring-sized white patch on her elbow

her cheeks had even more

the forehead was dotted too

all her life she had hankered for fair skin

and now her wish had come true

Chitkabri- taunted the girls in school

tears galloped down her cheeks

mother kissed her tenderly

they are jealous-no one can be like you

you are the prettiest girl in town

with sun dappling your honey skin

don’t let others define you.

 

She smiled and wiped her tears and declared

I am beautiful.

 

 

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J is for Jameela

 

then they said

you owe it to him

he was your husband

you lived together for 9 years

i wanted to scream

not lived- survived

but what`s the point

they saw the bruises and looked away

ashamed to meet my eye

their silence mingled with my silence

was deafening

and now I have to mourn him?

sit in Iddat for a monster?

Iddat/Iddah- a period that a woman must observe  in mourning after the death of  her husband

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Chashma

 

Chalo aaj mud ke kal ko dekhte hai

Par pehle zara ye gulabi chashma uttar lo

Warna tum phir yahi kahoge

Yaar kal bahut haseen tha

Tum bhool gaye wo roz ki bhagdag

Wo alarm ka zor se bajna, wo jhatke se uth kar nahaane bhaagna

Naashta haath mein lekar, computer aur phone ko balance karte huey train pakadna

Dhakkam dhukki ke beech phone answer karna aur phir poora din chakkarghinni ki tarah ghoomna

Raat ko thak kar chid chide mood mein rehna, tapaak se mujhe shut up keh dena

Tum bhool gaye ye sab baatein.

 

 Chalo aaj ab is aaj ko dekhte hai

Par pehle zara ye saleti chashma uttar lo

Warna tum phir yehi kahoge

Yaar aaj bahut depressing hai

Tum nahi dekhoge ki aaj kitna shaant hai

Ab alarm nahi bajta, araam se  angrai lekar bistar par pade khidki ke bahar baithe

 totey ki jode ki chechahat sunte hai

halanki work from home hai aur ghanto computer par beet jaate hai

lekin na wo bhaag daud hai, na wo time ka stress. na wo shorsharaba

Tum bhool jaate ho ye sab baatein

 

Chalo aaj aane waale kal ko dekhte hai

Par pehle zara ye kaala chashma uttar lo

Warna tum phir yahi kahoge

Yaar aage bahut andhera hai

Tum nahi dekh paaoge roshni ki wo kiran

Jo door jhilmila rahi hai aur keh rahi hai ki waqt guzar hee jayega

Raasta mushkil zaroor hai. lekin raasta he hai, kahin toh pahuchayega

Toh bas ummeed ka daaman na chodo aur dheere hee sahi par chaltey reho

Kal bas yahi yaad rahega ki kissne kitna saath nibhaya aur kis tarah nibhaya

Tum bas yaad rakhna ye hee baatein.

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