A POEM ON GIRL CHILD

WHAT WAS MY FAULT!
I was happy, playing with God,

But then, somehow, I found your pod.

It was very warm and calm,

I was happily shaking my palm.

Thought I was in a perfect place,

Waiting to grow in a speedy pace.

I could feel your silent smiles,

But then, why did you send me to far far miles?

I could sense that you were dull,

Just because I was a girl?

Oh! You felt odd and just left me in a ward!

With what face will I go back to God?

'''People in our country worship women as goddesses, but when it comes to having the children, some people prefer to have sons. Few people abort their babies as soon as they get to know that the baby is a girl. Women are not safe even at fetal stage. Though female infanticide is reduced in our country, we can't say it is stopped completely. We have to make sure that this practice is stopped. This can be done by educating people about gender equality, by various means. It should help people in breaking gender stereotypes too. It should make the people that women are as important as man in the society. We need to work by our will, to make the world better place to live.'''