The Poem - Aami Sei Meye (I AM THAT GIRL)
By - Suvo Dasgupta
Recitation By - Bratati Bandyopadhyay
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Poem Summery
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I Am That Girl
Whom , you See Everyday Outside , on the Road , Bus , Train ..
Whose Saari (ethnic dress) , Bindi (the beauty makeup) on Forehead , Earrings and High Heels , you see them all everyday ...
And you Desire to see Much More of Her ..
Whom , you See in your Dream , As Whatever you Wish ..
I Am That Girl
Whose Shadow even is Prohibited for you to Touch due to Religious Customs , in remote villages at Bihar ...
But
Whom , you Kidnap from the Slum , under the Darkness of Night to fulfil your Upper Caste Royal s*xual Desire ..
I Am That Girl
I Am That Girl
Whom , you want to Pick up from the Labour Cottage of Asam and bring into your Modern Fashionable Bungalow , to see her Naked Body in the ray of Fireplace during the Night ..
I Am That Girl
Whom , you Send to Collect Life-saving Water from 10 miles away , walking By Feet , at the Village of Rajasthan , and right after returning Tired to Death , Whom , you Force to Prepare Meal for you ..
I Am That Girl
I Am That Girl
Whom , you want to spend your time with , at River side or on the Lawn of Victoria or in the Blue Light of Movie Theater , to enjoy your Emotional Game ..
And
After the Game is Over , throwing away Her like the Empty Packet of Ciggerates , you Move On in your Decorated Wedding Carriage on the highway ..
Left behind , Standing Alone , in the evening light ..
I Am That Girl
I Am That Girl
Whom , even Gods never forgive ..
To satisfy the Ego of Almighty , force the Blessing of Unwanted Pregnancy inside the Womb of the Virgine ..
And Kunti (the Mother) becomes Destined to Abandon Karna (the Child) , with teary eyes ...
I Am That Girl
In the time of Dire Needs in the family , I am the Sole Provider ..
From the Earning of my Tuition , comes Medicine for the Sick Parents ..
From extra Savings of my Earnings , comes Book for the Study of the Brother ..
Under the Cloudy Sky , I become the Umbrella ..
I get Wet constantly in the Rain ..
But
My Family Live Safely under my Shelter ..
You ..
Yes You , You All ..
You All have done So Much For Me ..
In Arts , Religions , Cultures ,
You all have Worshiped Me As Goddess ..
Payed Tribute to Me As Mother ..
Created Fuss for Me As Comparing with Nature ..
At the same time ,
Made Me stand in the Queue of the Brothel as well ..
Yes .. I Am That Girl
Someday may be ..
May be Someday ...
May be some another day ..
I will Throw away all the Artificial Sugar-coated Deceiving Veil of mine , and will Reveal my All Natural Exceptional Awesome Unique Identity ..
My open Hairs will be Spread all over through the Winds ..
Firy Light will be Burning through my Eyes ..
Divine Rays will be Shining through my Forehead ..
The Divine Sword will be Sparkling in my Hand ..
Battle Drums will be start Ringing through the Ornaments on my Feet ..
My Merciless Laughter will fill the whole Universe ..
Even Gods will start Chanting Mantras (Sanskrit Scripture) in Great Fear ..
I will start Moving Forward like Destructive Forest Fire ..
And
By the side of my Path ..
There will be lots and lots and lots of Headless Corpses falling behind ...
The Corpse of Civilizations ..
The Corpse of Progress ..
The Corpse of Enlightenment ..
The Corpse of Society ..
May Be I Am That Girl ..
May Be .. If May Be .....
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