Light a candle in my heart                 15.8.2024


Light a candle in my heart

This evening hour

To remember a life snuffed out

By strength and power


Who heard her screams? 

As she was mauled and killed

Who came to her help

Before her blood was spilled..


The blame game begins

The scapegoat is caught

Demonstrations, placards

Protests –explanations are sought..


The hard life of an Indian junior Doctor

Harder for the girls

Long hours, sleepless nights

Along with exams, all a whirl..


Lonely dark corridors

Lust hiding in the corner

The devil rubbing his hands in glee

This is his moment, his hour!!


When will this end? 

When will we awake? 

That ‘viksit Bharat’ is a sham

That our country is in disgrace…


We’ve lost a daughter

Another one bites the dust

A horror story played out 

No more ‘ladies first…’


Can we be bold and own up

That change has to start with us

Our sons,  our students, our neighbourhoods

Shout this out, make a fuss…


Will the vigils help? 

Will her tears ever dry? 

Or will this be another screaming headline

Till another ‘fairer sex’ dies? 


God’s in His heaven

All’s so NOT right with the world

Wake up India, listen

The tide has to turn…


Lisa Choudhrie

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