A protest poem about the rule book and lawlessness, by Pankhuri, that addresses the gender issue, exclusively for Different Truths.
Where the rights of the people Would be written down Safe forever! Engraved! For security and posterity Which would glisten as guiding light Each time there was a feud Or a dispute over the rights of the people! The Magna Carta would step in And spell it all out! King John of England Presided over it The archbishop of Canterbury Drafted it! It was to establish Peace between an unpopular king And his rebellious barons It even tackled the question Of wrongful imprisonment! The Magna Carta was indeed A document of People’s rights! But does that mean One has to carry it always All the time, with oneself On oneself, along with our bodies In a bag, in defence But like a gun! Asserting loudly ‘Look its written’ ‘See it for yourself’, ‘it’s right here’ Just like the Constitution crystal clear! And why should I have it In my pockets or by heart? And if not, how can So many attacks continue On women? The fair sex?
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Pankhuri Sinha is a bilingual Indian poet and writer. Ten anthologies published, other than many journals, anthologies, home and abroad. Won many prestigious, national-international awards, including the Seemapuri Times Rajeev Gandhi Excellence award, awards in Chekhov festival in Yalta and in Premio Besio Poetry competition in Italy, Sahitto award in Bangladesh, and Premio Galateo in Italy for poetry in mother tongue. Also, awarded by Albania, Nigeria, Romania, etc. Translated in 26 languages.
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Lovely Dear Pankhuri Sinha, remembering and reiterating the people’s rights emphasized in our constitution quoting ‘Magna Carta’. The Constitution of India has its Special Features over all the constitution of the other countries, that it has the best human rights principles available in other constitution. Let’s celebrate this and salute those constitution makers of India.