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You are not weak

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Bharti Bhatia
Teacher, Prerna Girls School

Early January,  more than a week after a 23 year old woman, brutally gang raped in a moving bus, died in a Singapore hospital. We are living in deeply troubling times. The Republic of Ideas , Dreams , Imaginations has been replaced by the Republic of Hate and Nightmares.

This is a fight for our Freedom. Freedom of Expressions.

Expressions of Thoughts , Expression of Views , Expression of Anger  and  the power to force a change of all that is wrong or unjustified in our complex society. As guaranteed by our constitution. Lathis can stop crowds but not thoughts .Dissent is our birth right and we should have it.

So, Dear girls believe in your self. You are not WEAK or ABLA as foolishly portrayed. Be strong, learn self defense. Don’t wait for government to provide you ‘secured environment ‘to live in. Make yourself strong enough to secure the environment whenever needed!

A Daughter is

A joy bringer

A heart warmer

A memory maker

A Daughter is LOVE.

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मृगकस्तूरी

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डॉ प्रतिमा श्रीवास्तव
प्रधानाचार्य,विद्यास्थाली

16 दिसम्बर 2012 को काली रात समाज में जाग्रति कि चिंगारी को हवा दे कर भड़का गया अफसोस दामिनी को उसके लिए शहीद होना पड़ा। पर शहादत काम आई। लोग सडको पर निकल आये मोमबत्ती जलायीं।प्रिंट मीडिया भड़का।टी . वी . पर जोरदार बहस हुयी।सोशल नेटवर्किंग साईस उबल पड़ी।इसी की जरूरत भी थी।पर असल में क्या हुआ? हमने विचार सुझाव दिए।नीतियों की दुहाई दी।पशासन को दोषी माना।धर्म पर प्रहार किए समाज पर लांचन लगाये।संस्कारों की आड़ ली।निष्कर्ष निकाला कि जरूरी है व्यवस्था को बदलना।संस्कारों का प्रन्रमुल्यांकन करना।पाठ्यक्रम में बदलाव लाना।न्याय प्रडाली को दुरुस्त करना और नहीं हो चतुराई से हम बाख निकले।भूल गए की मृगकस्तूरी तो हमारे पास है।उसके लिए कही भटकने की जरूरत नहीं है।माता -पिता, प्रशासक अध्यापक , धर्मगुरु इन सब के साथ साथ इन्सान होने के नाते हमे भी कुव्ह करना है।

व्यवस्था में हम ही होते हैं।समाज हम ही से बना है।हमारा ही मानसिक बदलाव होना है।हमारा ही मानसिक बदलाव होना है।मोमबत्तियाँ तो जलायें हम लेकिन अपने अपने दिल और दिमाक में।शपथ लें हम सब कि ऐसा फिर न होगा।अब न होगा।कभी न होगा।खी न होगा।

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All Indians are my brothers and sisters

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Gaurie Singh
Class 6-A, Study Hall School

A country which was managed by a woman president should have been the safest place for women, not only a woman president and women chief ministers of states like Sheila Dixit of Delhi ; Mamta Banerjee of West Bengal etc. On the contrary, I was startled to know that it has had many murders, rape cases, crimes etc. Now, people are saying that India is the fourth most dangerous country for women in the whole world and that is just because of these debauched people. In turn this will decrease the reputation of our nation and soon we will also get an ignominious title like Africa has ‘RAPE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD‘. All this is due to lack of education. We can’t just kill anyone for fun , it is written in our pledge’s 2nd line as well that – ‘ India is our country, All Indians are my brothers and sisters…..’ Do you kill your brothers and sisters? So if all Indians are your brothers and sisters then why kill someone or commit a crime.

 

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Change ,before its too late

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DIVYA PANDEY
Class 7-D, Study Hall School

Change ,before its too late

Unwanted, Unsafe, Unequal, people say,
How could they? No way!

I’m confused!
Then why are they so used?

Mother, Sister, Daughter, Wife
Without them, incomplete is our life.

Husbands say “My wife is dumb”.
Then why does she makes a heaven from his slum?

Fathers tell, girls “no toys”.
Then why choices to boys?

But, times will change.
When people‘s opinions will have a higher range.

Husbands will say “My wife is my boss“.
Fathers will say “Having a daughter is no more a loss”.

But, will they still be Safe, Cared and Wanted?
Will their lives no more be haunted?

CHANGE yourself before its too late,
‘Cause they are the ones who’ll decide your fate.

 

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अस्मत

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Ananya Nagar
Study Hall Alumni
Batch of 2007

अस्मत

वो फटे दुप्पटे से
वो फटे दुप्पटे से
अपनी छाती छिपाए
कभी पूरी कभी आधी छिपाए
इधर उधर भागे
भूखे कुत्ते से सब उसको ताके
कोई चेहरे पे मारे हाथ
कोई करता उसके स्तनों पे वार
बिखरे बाल
बिगड़ा हाल
चार टूटी चूड़िया
सिन्दूर की बेतरतीब लकीरें
हाथों से वो आँखों के आंसू पोंछे
भूखे भेड़िये उसे पल पल नोचे
हर आहट पे वो अब भी घबराये
जो भी आँचल पाए छिप जाए
फटे दुप्पटे से ही वो खुद को ढाके
फिर भी अब तक उसकी रूह काँपे
चेहरे पे नाखून
चेहरे पे नाखून
उससे बहता खून
उसकी कहानी बतलाये
कौन है वो
कौन है वो
क्यों वो लजाये

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Protection of women

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Ishita Singh
VIII- A, Study Hall School

I’m proud to be a student of Study Hall because it is taking a step against women being unsafe in India. Indian daughters are really unsafe, unwanted and unequal, we could say that after the Delhi gang rape case. The main reason for this is the Indians not getting educated. Even today women are being harassed mentally and physically. When a girl child is born, she is killed. In some places women still have to follow the purdah system. But after the Delhi rape case, the youth got on the streets for protesting and that even brought a slight change in the system. Those 6 men should get punished in such a way that generations won’t forget that punishment. That is a need for the Indian society for the protection of women…..

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Gender Discrimination

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Samridhi Srivastava
Class 9-C, Study Hall School

In India discriminatory attitude towards women have existed for generations and this has affected women in their lives. Although the constitution of India has granted women equal rights but gender, disparities remain. There are limited opportunities to women as they decide the future of India. Women are disadvantaged for work and are often underestimated for capabilities. This has prevented Indian women from achieving a higher standard of living. The cultural constitution of Indian society, which reinforces a bias against women, has led to the constitution of India’s strong preference among male children. Female infanticide, a sex selective abortion, is adopted and strongly reflects the low status of Indian women. Census 2011 shows decline of girl population under the age of seven, with activists estimating that eight million fetuses may have become aborted in the past decade. The 2005 human index survey shows that infant mortality figures for females and males are 61 and 56 out 1000 live births with females more likely to be aborted than males due to biased attitudes.

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कौन हूँ मैं ?

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Gurpreet Kaur
Teacher, Prerna Girls School

उममीद जिंदगी  की

खुशियों का हसीन पल हूँ मैं

चार दीवारों को बनाती हूँ

मैं ‘घर ‘

एक ‘बहन ‘

एक ‘माँ ‘

एक ‘बेटी’

एक ‘पत्नी ‘ हूँ मैं

जंगे आज़ादी की लड़ाई में लड़ी जो वो –

“झासी की रानी हूँ मैं ”

चाँद तक जिसने भरी उडान वो –

“कल्पना चावला हूँ मैं ”

पर …………………

आज तो मेरे पैदा होने पर भी लगाई जा रही है

“रोक ”

कहाँ है बाबा नानक जिन्होंने कहा था –

“सो क्यों मंदा आखिये जित जम्मे राजान ”

मुझे जन्म लेने का एक मौका तो दो

आपके सिर का ताज बनूँगी “मैं”

समझो ना मुझे कुल पर दाग

बेटो की तरह घर का रौशन चिराग बनूंगी “मैं”

 

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It is so sad

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Noor Wahid
Student

First we were proud Indians but now our heads are bent down in shame.

We feel like a broken mirror—-shattered some men are like predators, who think women are objects to play with and indulge in these heinous crimes but punishments do they deserve? Yes they do in our opinion these animals should be punished in front of public. The government is taking it as a joke no effective measure taken so far it is indeed so sad.

 

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A Partial Paralysis

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Rakhee Panjwani
Principal, Prerna Girls School

“When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice“- Sarojini Naidu

  • What choices are we making as a society ?
  • Are we a nation of mass murderers ?
  • Whose job is it protect our daughters ?
  • Does a girl not have a right to be born in our country ?
  • For how long can we continue to tolerate or justify the cruelties perpetrated on women as somehow required by tradition ?
  • How is our society well-served by a tradition that forces a woman to practically sever her relationship with her parents when she gets married ; that denies her the right to take care of her elderly parents ; that denies her an inheritance from her parents ?
  • How is our society well- served when our Constitution is set aside , and half our population is denied the same rights to education, health, freedom,opportunity  and equality as the other half ?
  • After parents have killed of their daughters , where will they go to find brides for their sons ?
  • Can our society afford to have hundreds of thousands of unmarried, marginalized men with no outlet for their frustration ?
  • Are we comfortable with the rate at which crime against women is steadily increasing ?
  • When we read about rape, dowry death or female foeticide in the newspaper and just turn the page, unaffected, is it because we have become hard – hearted and indifferent, or has our own sense of powerlessness made us numb ? And if WE do not react to this outrage , who will ?
The consequences of our actions :-
As long as the birth of a girl does not receive the same welcome as that of a boy, so long we should know that India is suffering from partial paralysis.
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