Gopa BhattacharjeeGopa Bhattacharjee is a bilingual poet. She writes on myriad themes, versifying and playing with the most ordinary things to invest it with meaning and give it a delightful twist. Her “Yards of liberation” speaks volumes about the quintessential Indian sari and the feelings associated with it from a women’s perspective. It becomes a statement of assertion and ownership of one’s identity and body. Through ’Red Ballons’ she depicts a childlike joy…which the ‘city dwellers’ have forgotten to enjoy as it flies overhead and they are lost in their dark worlds.
- Yards of liberation
Whenever you drape a saree
Feelings of liberation are beyond explanation.
Magically covering up your secret lards
Confidence is built with these six yards.
Powerful, sexiest and elegant
You own your body, that’s significant.
One should be able to handle those stares
Stop judging what others say
It’s you, yourself that caters
Others’ opinion hardly matters.
Drape it with dollops of enthusiasm
Discover true liaison with conviction
Life as we know is beyond expectation
It’s the six-yard that builds aspiration.
So, whenever you feel life is colourless
Drape a colourful six-yard with willingness
You can express a little more or a little less
Who cares? You know, you are the best.
Cheers to femineity, poise and grace.
- 47 Red Ballons
“47 Red Ballons Took a Flight ”
The title whispers, igniting delight
In the azure sky wafted and glided
Her journey is a testament, unfurled
Packed with self-esteem and pride
Visible to everyone, never to hide.
Anonymous to the city dwellers below
Lost in their world of grey streetlights
fallen and dejected, dragged down
What a pity was the sight!
But oh, the ballons could have brought
a smile on their faces, hope in their senses,
Wish they gazed upon the majestic sky
To witness the ballons soaring upright.
47 red balloons, a symbol of journey
head held high, can never be denied
47 red balloons, a symbol of grace
inspiring us to find our own little space.
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స్వాతి కుమారి
అరణ్య కృష్ణ
Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
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