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    Our Stories, Incredible Women and Other Poems
    Our Stories, Incredible Women and Other Poems
    Our Stories, Incredible Women and Other Poems
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    Our Stories, Incredible Women and Other Poems

    By Sonia Goswami

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    The author, Sonia Goswami, is a postgraduate in English as well as Business Administration. She has worked as an Assistant Professor with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, for almost seven years. This is her first book though her research papers have been published in various national and international journals. While writing, the author uses all her ‘reading, memories, direct experiences and acquired information from other women’. In this book, she raises issues of gender, class, religion, politics and environment. She has creatively visualised and illustrated her poems with her drawings. She is also a foreign language trainer and teaches French and German la

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlue Rose Publishers
    Release dateOct 26, 2023
    ISBN9798890087638
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      Our Stories, Incredible Women and Other Poems - Sonia Goswami

      Acknowledgements

      I’m thankful to Krishna

      for blessing me with a life on Indian land

      for blessing me with a Hindu way of living

      for blessing me with the most loving parents

      for blessing me with two caring brothers

      for blessing me with a healthy body and mind

      for blessing me with the opportunity to gain knowledge

      for blessing me with a wonderful husband

      for blessing me with two amazing kids

      for blessing me with a roof over my head

      for blessing me with a bed to sleep peacefully

      for blessing me with the clothes to cover my body

      and for blessing me with the food on my plate.

      -to Krishna

      I’m thankful to my nation

      I’m proud to be an Indian.

      I’m thankful to my country’s farmers

      they feed the world

      I’m thankful to my country’s doctors and nurses

      they heal the world.

      I’m thankful to my country’s engineers

      they set the world on pace

      I’m thankful to my country’s scientists

      they explore the space.

      I’m thankful to my country’s soldiers

      they save the world

      I’m thankful to my country’s writers

      they wave the world.

      I’m thankful to belong to the land of

      Rama and Krishna

      Buddha and Mahavira

      Ramayana and Mahabharata

      Vedas and Bhagavad Gita.

      I’m thankful to Indian mothers

      because the sacrifices they make

      for their children are unmatchable

      mothers like

      maa Parvati, maa Sita

      maa Devaki and Yashoda

      struggled a lot for the sake of their children

      my mother did it too for me

      and how can we forget queen Lakshmibai

      who fought such a tough battle for her child

      and for the liberty of her land too.

      I’m thankful to our visionary leaders

      their pledge to unite the world

      the efforts of Modiji’s are recent

      but ever since the boundaries

      between the lands got thinner

      our leaders have been trying to

      bridge the gaps between nations.

      I’m thankful for

      Mahatma’s satyagraha

      and Nehru’s non-alignment

      I’m thankful for

      Bhagat Singh’s sacrifice for our nation

      and Azad’s love for our land

      I’m thankful for

      Patel’s nation unification strategies

      and Ambedkar’s constitutional framing abilities

      I’m thankful for

      Bose’s fearlessness

      and Indira’s fierceness

      and I’m thankful for

      Shastri’s simplicity

      and Modi’s audacity.

      I’m also thankful to countless unsung heroes

      who gave their heart and soul to our soil

      who poured their blood to make

      our nation free from foreign clutches

      it’s because of their sacrifices

      that today I’m living as a free citizen

      in a secular nation state

      relishing my fundamental rights

      along with the right to vote

      and making my own choices.

      The freedom we Indians are enjoying today

      was earned by those unsung heroes

      the edifice of liberty we are standing upon

      has been built upon their skeletons.

      I’m thankful to be an Indian

      I’ve high hopes in my nation

      I’m thankful to Himalayas

      I’m thankful to Hinduism

      I’m thankful to my mother tongue, Hindi

      and I’m thankful to my motherland, Hindustan.

      -to my motherland Hindustan (India)

      Thank you, O father! thank you! thank you!

      from the bottom of my heart I say I love you.

      Thank you for making me walk

      holding my fingers tightly

      thank you for teaching me talk

      when I stammered slightly.

      Papa! I remember us eating food

      from the same plate every night

      food tasted so good while sharing with you

      those were my golden days, full of light.

      I remember your bed-time stories

      game of Ludo we played together

      the long winter nights felt so cosy

      when I slept in warmth of your feather.

      Papa! why have I grown up?

      why can’t I always stay in your farms?

      why can’t we share food anymore?

      why can’t I cuddle you to sleep in your arms?

      The unconditional love you’ve showered on me

      is difficult to be expressed in words

      a small tear in my eyes made you cry

      without you this world would’ve been absurd.

      Papa! thank you for being by my side

      when the entire world turned against me

      thank you for being a pillar of support

      your words kept encouraging me.

      My father, you are the reason for my laughter

      in every birth, I want to be only your daughter

      thank you for everything, O father! thank you!

      I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you!

      -to my father

      Although no words are enough

      to express gratitude towards you

      but let me make a small attempt

      from my side, dear maa.

      Thank you maa, for bringing me

      into this beautiful and amazing world

      thank you maa, for giving me warmth

      of your body in nights awfully cold.

      Maa, I could understand your struggle

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