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Freedom

Freedom All she anticipated was for freedom She sat in the corner, crying  Tears rolling down her cheek,  Leaving a temporary stain The corner that everybody ignores Leaving her in pain She hates being a girl She wants to be free She wants to enjoy life And not to be someone's wife Little does she know That she has the freedom  The freedom that lives in her In the form of fire  Dazzling, bright and fierce How will she know it though?? All she's heard is fairytales of a queen  A queen who is nothing without her p rince charming A princess who needed seven men to help her A common girl who needed a man  to come pick her up from the dusty cinders Everybody tells her, That her life is written in the four corners of her house But what about her freedom? What about her happiness? What about making time for herself? What about her?

The Pão and the Poder: An Untold Nostalgia

THE PÃO AND THE PODER: AN UNTOLD NOSTALGIA  The poder in Goa has his own identity. Towards many Goans he may be a person who roams in villages riding a motorbike with a basket tied behind it. But have you ever thought how great of an impact the pão in the poder’s basket and the poder himself has in the lives of Goans? The bread that comes in various varieties like pão, poi, kankonn, unddo in goa, has way more to its historical past than just having it freshly baked in the mud forno (oven). Goa is one of the few states that includes bread as one of its main dishes in its meals, every Goan festival, feast or celebration is incomplete without the pão.  "Pão '' which is Portuguese for bread was brought into Goa by the Portuguese missionaries who were actively set out on the mission to spread christianity but besides spreading christianity they taught the Goans the process of baking bread. The Portuguese bread was officially baked with yeast but the first bread baked in Goa was...

Miss Understood

Miss Understood  “Sit properly”; “don't you know you should be helping in the kitchen”; “give up on your education and try to find someone to begin your family with”; “you are a girl don’t talk loud”; “try to whiten your skin you will eventually find someone good to settle with”; “what! you dont wanna get married? Shouldn't it be the first priority of every woman to be a bride?”. A woman has always been tormented with all of these taunts. We live in a world where we find hypocritical people who preach and speak about equality but will somehow criticise others. We keep saying that a woman's role in society has evolved from someone who had no right to work, to now having their own companies and being successful entrepreneurs, but has society entirely accepted the capabilities of women? Well, a few villages, towns and cities have allowed their daughters, mothers and wives to be themselves by allowing them to work but the remaining have still remained patriarchal.  I wont say m...

I DREAM OF A WORLD IN PEACE

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  I DREAM OF A WORLD WITH PEACE I dream of a world with peace Where peace speaks kindness, Where kindness is caring for others A place where Peace speaks love, love for your neighbours Peace is all about sharing, it isn't evil A world in which all I aspire is to see peace in the eyes of others ' In a world that I do not seek to desire pride or power Peace is like a gardener seeking to feel peace while he receives the beauty of the graceful trees.  I dream of a world with peace Where there is no rich or poor A peaceful world where there are no blacks or whites or coloured I dream of a world full of love and laughter A peaceful world there where is no room for hatred or frowns  I dream of a peaceful world where there is no rape or murder Where there is just hope for a better day I dream of a world with peace  Where there is no weak or strong  I dream of a world with joy Where there is no sadness I dream of a world with peace  A world in which there is no one ...