Death that shook the world

Death; awakening; ordinary beings change agents of colossus events

Death that shook the world

Innocence got crucified

On the altar of unbridled lust,

The product of a society

That unleashes multiple desires that

Cannot be always fulfilled,

In a culture where body is

Commoditized and everybody is a

Hungry consumer,

Looking for instant gratification,

Greed is everywhere,

And, sadly,

Zero is human worth;

The female of the species is to be used,

Brutalized by the thugs, not afraid of the

Civil society, as they are a law unto themselves,

The death untimely of Damini,

The gang rape-victim,

A tender woman who bitterly fought to live

In a most callous system---power/money-driven,

An ordinary young with aspirations and dreams

To better her life and of others,

In her family in feudal village,

Denied her dreams and assaulted by drunk demons,

Resisted the hooded death, hovering in the grey

Borderland, and a nation was on tenterhooks,

The brilliant woman fought

But---

Finally gave up before the dark, grim Reaper,

Her tragic death,

Like the immolation of the Yemeni man

In 2010 December,

Has awakened a slumbering civilization,

And, like the Arab Revolution,

India, too, awaits its own revolution

And a fragrant Spring!