Vogue India Magazine is celebrating it's Seventh Anniversary this October. The October Issue is dedicated to women's empowerment. They have a 62-page gallery which features over 150 prominent people (mostly women), with snippets of wisdom related to gender-bias and women empowerment issues.
In the October issue, I read a poem written by Taslima Nasreen. The poem made me get up from my comfy sofa and write this post. The poem is beautiful, radical, inspiring and I bet will end with a chuckle.
They said-take it easy...
Said-calm down...
Said-stop talkin'...
Said-shut up...
They said-sit down...
Said-bow your head...
Said-keep on cryin', let the tears roll...
What should you do in response?
You should stand up now
Should stand right up
Hold your back straight
Hold your head high...
You should speak
Speak your mind
Speak it loudly
Scream!
You should scream so loud that they must run for cover
They will say-'You are shameless!'
When you hear that, just laugh...
They will say-'You have a loose character!'
When you hear that, just laugh louder...
They will say-'You are rotten!'
So just laugh, laugh even louder...
Hearing you laugh, they will shout,
'You are a whore!'
When they say that,
just put your hands on your hips,
stand firm and say
"Yes, yes, I am a whore!"
They will be shocked
They will stare in disbelief
They will wait for you to say more, much more...
The men amongst them will turn red and sweat.
The women amongst them will dream to be a whore like you."
Taslima Nasreen is a writer and a human rights activist
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