A Requiem to our dead Sister
We never saw her face.
We never knew her name.
We never met her.
But she touched our soul.
She shook us up from apathy
We called her Damini
Braveheart, Nirbhaya, Amanat
Her struggle to survive touched us
We prayed for her, lit candles
We came out on the streets
She will never know her names
She will never know we wept
She will never know our empathy
She will never know we mourned
She will always be a part of us
We, the daughters of India
Who hunch our shoulders
On streets to shield our breasts
From being groped by strangers
While our steps do not falter
We who avoid eye contact
With louts who make lewd gestures
We who do not linger
To hear sleazy comments made
On our walk, our anatomy our dress
We who face daily inquisition
Why were we out of home?
What were we wearing?
Did we know him, or invite
The man who groped us?
She will never know her names
She will never know we wept
She will never know our empathy
She will never know we mourned
She will always be a part of us
Weaving a Web 
Its us women who lead the revolution of consciousness in India.
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We have to. Our leaders have lost the plot, our police is inept and they view women as objects too. We have to stand up – for our sakes
Brilliant, ritu!!!!!!!
Thank you Roop. I just wish she knew the movement she brought into life
I wish she knew, I so wish that she/we don’t have to deal with this everywhere, everyday. I won’t say rest in peace….I hope we don’t rest but ACT!
Yes, we need to act. The political class loves to preach and not to act
It is a moment of grief .. it was her that day, it was another nameless face yesterday! We need to stop all this. Let the young girls not die because of our social insensitivity and irresponsibility. She paid a price for rest of us ….
And this should not fizzle down, otherwise this girl’s death will be in vain
Even as we were shocked at the horror, the govt was playing politics:
Questioning the airlifting of the 23-year-old victim to Singapore, the Indian Medical Association asked the government whether the reason to shift the patient was purely for medical purposes or there were other factors.
Yes, have mock fights, questioning etc etc to obfuscate the issue … our politicos are a class act in themselves
We all failed her. I am numbed. I just hope this is a lesson we all needed all these years.
Good words Ritu.
Yes we failed her … sometimes I think the Gandhian way is a huge disservice to our nation. We do not need to tolerate but to fight
Our prayers will be with her, always! And we’ll make sure she didn’t die in vain.
Yes, that is my resolve too
I only wish, if god is there, may he give strength to the family to survive..
True, I pray for strength for the family
sigh…The girl was a vegetable already,in death she found relief.What enrages is that like Kasab this case will drag on forever.And govt will have this stock reaction of bringing out water canons and policemen… painful drama without any redemption
My sentiments similar to dipta-
http://diptakirti.blogspot.in/2012/12/for-my-two-year-old-daughter.html
True. These are the sentiments that have aroused the nation. We are not in the mood to tolerate anymore
Very well put. The cost that a 23 year old paid for awakening of an entire nation is way too high đŸ˜¦
Yes, and as a tribute to her, we need to stay awake and not slide back into apathy
Very well written…
RIP that Brave soul, who has created an awakening of the women masses in India..
Thank you. We have to keep this movement going
Amen! Hope we do not say this in vain.
Yes