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Ekisha Narain Meenaksi. A 48 year old woman who lives there and was being raped by her own husband almost every night.<\/p><\/div>\n Exhausted<\/strong><\/p>\n Ekisha Narain XI-D, Study Hall School Near the city of Varanasi there is an Iron casting factory surrounded by small settlements of the workers. I dedicate this song to Meenaksi. A 48 year old woman who lives there and … Continue reading
\n<\/strong>XI-D, Study Hall School<\/p>\nNear the city of Varanasi there is an Iron casting factory surrounded by small settlements of the workers. I dedicate this song to Meenaksi. A 48 year old woman who lives there and was being raped by her own husband almost every night. She thought it wasn’t considered as rape because he was her husband. Imagine. She tolerated this for more than 30 years! Until one day when her husband, drunk, invited his friends over for a night.\u00a0After suffering for more than 5 hours when the sun peeked through the window as she laid alone. It dawned upon her. How wrong it was and how many other women might be going through all this in that area alone. She decided to stand up! She couldn’t take it anymore!
\nShe talked to all the women of the area about the incident and they \u00a0came together and formed a group against this injustice. At first they were\u00a0criticized. Their husbands, fathers and brothers laughed at them and beat them for standing against their authority !\u00a0But they didn’t know the power of united women.<\/div>\nIt’s been almost a year and they have acted against 14 men who were fired and\u00a0\u00a0sentenced<\/em>\u00a0to about\u00a0two years<\/em>\u00a0in prison. Now that group has over 30-40 women and 10-15 men which they are trying to expand as much as possible.<\/div>\n
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\n\n\n\nI continue my journey,<\/div>\nas the outnumbered,<\/div>\nthe weakling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nNo other choice<\/div>\nbut to live with it.<\/div>\nUnconscious.<\/div>\nNot my memory.<\/div>\nI’m not young,<\/div>\nnor fair.<\/div>\nBut does it matter?<\/div>\nNot to them.<\/div>\nTo him.<\/div>\nI blame God,<\/div>\nI know not why.<\/div>\nEyes closed<\/div>\nI’m ready to die<\/div>\nSilence,<\/div>\nPain,<\/div>\nAnger,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nPowerless I lie.<\/div>\nNumb.<\/div>\nGuilty.<\/div>\nIs it my fault?<\/div>\nYes.<\/div>\nFor\u00a0reticent i stay<\/div>\nhiding the embarrassment.<\/div>\nFearing the forcible.<\/div>\nEvery night.<\/div>\nEvery night….<\/div>\nBut not today!<\/div>\nToday i fly<\/div>\nI’ve had enough<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou will not haunt us<\/div>\nTogether we stand<\/div>\nagainst your type<\/div>\nYou shall fear us!<\/div>\n\n\nOur rage now hype!<\/div>\nStanding tall<\/div>\nWe’ll fight!<\/div>\nWe’ll fight!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Back](\"http:\/\/www.studyhallfoundation.org\/studyhall-blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/BLOG_FOOTER.jpg\")
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