U- Understand

One fine day, just when I was about to leave after my lecture from the center, a student came rushing to me. I could see her wary eyes and knew that she wanted to talk about something. As the exams were approaching, I thought it must be the stress of the syllabus. I allowed her to speak her mind and be all ears to her. What I learned next literally moved me, to the extent that I still think of her sometimes.

This girl, let’s call her Kavya, was 21 and lived with her parents. A confident, vibrant and an extremely hardworking girl she was in my class. She never understood anything at once but she never left the class without understanding her concepts. That is what I loved about her. But in spite of all the efforts, she was never able to score well in her tests and it was that day when I learned why!

First, she asked me about how to go about with her syllabus and the number of hours she needs to give in a day. I suggested her a few ways that she could follow in her routine like keeping away all the distractions while studying (phones, gadgets, etc), making a short doable timetable and following it religiously, keeping short breaks in between and let her mind get back with all the energy. But then I learned that she didn’t have a personal room to herself where she could sit and study peacefully. She stayed in a joint family and it always seemed like a party affair in the house 24*7. But what I couldn’t understand was that if there is a child or a student in the house, how could someone not let them study and give some peace?

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Talking to her further, I found out about her past. Kavya was a married girl. She married a guy she loved at the age of 18. Yes! She was only 18 when she eloped with the boy. The boy was a good guy who belonged to a good family and earned fairly well. The moment Kavya left her house; her family abandoned her and refused to keep any relations with her.

But destiny had some other plans for her! It was only after a month of her marriage, she lost her husband in a road accident! Devastated, as she was, bearing it all alone, just at the age of 18! Her in-laws blamed her stars for everything that happened with their son and asked her to leave the house. Her family wasn’t very happy with what happened and took her (because they were not left with any choice). And since then, all they have been doing to her is say cuss words, disrespect her in every way and treat her like a piece of garbage... they believed that the girl was good for nothing and couldn't do anything with her life. Kavya was any way guilty of everything that happened in her life, and that is why didn't say much to her family.

She wanted to study but no one supported her. She had no source of income and so she decided to take tuition classes for pre-primary students in order to have something in her hand. Her evenings went away teaching the little kids and later evenings went off making dinner for herself. No one in the house fed her. She made her own breakfast, lunch, and dinner and did other household stuff. Doing it all didn’t leave her much time to study. With the money she collected, she paid the coaching class fee and then later the book fees, all with her own money. Not a single soul in the family was either happy or supportive of anything. But she was determined to do something. She accepted her mistakes but it wasn’t her fault if her husband died!

Her family said that it was her karma because of which all of this happened in her life and that, it was meant to happen that way, that she can’t do anything fruitful with her life and is simply a waste in the house!

She always kept quiet and thought of giving an answer with her results. Sadly, she didn’t pass. And then she decided to give it another shot.

When I heard her, I was left speechless. I felt helpless! I gave her a hug! It was that day when I felt so strongly about anything in a long time. I agree, she shouldn’t have run away from the house. It was totally wrong on her part but her husband dying wasn’t her fault! She realized her mistake and was beyond sorry for that. Why was it so difficult for the parents to forgive her? Why is it so hard to understand their daughter, just for once! What’s done is done and no one can do anything about it. 

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What they can do is punish her if it gives them peace and move on! The girl feels miserable and just expects a little bit of understanding from her parents.

Today, she is working on other exams and is still struggling to earn that respect that she lost years ago! Do you think she deserves another chance?

Cheers

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Welcome to my Blog! This A to Z Challenge, my theme is ‘Let’s see the other Side’. Through this theme, I'm trying to giving voice lot of things that go around us and yet I can't do much to bring about the change. I feel, sharing my thoughts in my space here will somewhere make someone think and bring about the change we all want to see!
where I’ll be sharing about the daily nuances that we’ve been seeing in the same way since 1990’s! (:P) But this time you’re going to ponder over it a bit differently.

Feel free to express your thoughts and I'd be all ears!

I hope you have a great time here! 

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Free you, Happy You!

To the woman in my dreams

To the one, I want to be

I strive hard to come near you

But fail miserably in an attempt or two!

Handling situations

And fighting the odds with grace

Accepting things beyond my control

Make peace and be ace!

To love with compassion

And have the wisdom to fathom the world

To indulge in things and people

Living the life of inspiration is waiting to be unfurled!

To the long strides, I take

And the dream to take that perfect gait.

My head high and shoulders straight

Sparkling eyes, as I walk with aplomb.

To create magic in the words

I dream to stand out from the herd

Nothing in the world

Can stop inside that flying bird!

Yes, it’s a task

A journey through life

But I assure to meet you

One day, some day!

            - Geetika

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Unlock Yourself!

Get up and move out

Unlock yourself from this room

Of tyranny and lost hope!

I’m participating in Half Marathon Blogging Challenge with Blogchatter. Today is Day 9 of the challenge.

Linking with Haiku Horizons 

Cheers

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Haiku is a traditional form of a Japanese poetry that consists of 3 lines, following a 5-7-5 syllable rule (first and third line 5 syllables, middle line 7 syllables). They don’t necessarily have to rhyme.

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Unraveling the Night

That strange stormy night,

All set to make me fright

Eyes all on me

Exasperating and terrifying,

Bringing me on my knee!

But I chose to run,

Run away from all of you

To a place where I could be free from all the woes

Place full of freedom

Place without anyone dumb

Place where I can succumb on happiness

Place where it will let me be

Place where I could just breathe

Place where I could make a choice

Dreams taking dimensions, ready to flee!

I wish you could come along,

I don’t mind even if you don’t

It is always better to have you by my side

Nevertheless, it’s a lonely world, and I should learn to confide!

You know I always loved wearing skirts

But you never let me don one

They’ll stare, and it won’t look nice

You should know it all, now don’t spoil all the fun!

I just want to run, run and run so far

Oblivious to its ways and nescient to its scars

So what it will hurt,

So what if it makes me fall

It will only teach me something

And make an undaunted soul.

O this night,

This scary, scary night

I dare you come again

And I will welcome you with all the might!

Linking with Magpie Tales- Mag 300

Cheers

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The Valiance Soul

All these years, when I was growing up

I was charmed at people said,

I always followed what elders spread,

And was gullible enough to believe what was said.

And then came a time

When I learned this hoax

What people say and what they do

Are the two extremes of the same shore

They preach of being liberal

And then they turn out to be hypocrites

They preach mankind

Where they are the ones elevating atrocity

They want to look the best in the eyes of the world

And then spifligate the facade they create for themselves.

And that is where I found books,

Hundreds and thousands of words

All collated, squalling to be read and understood

The black ink on the white

Dancing with pride

Finally getting a sight at them

Gleaming with happiness, just like a newly wedded bride!

Once I started reading them aloud

Practising with valour, protecting myself, making it my shroud

Folks started raising their eyes on me

Where on earth are you learning these thoughts?

I felt a bit unusual about it first,

Did I think anything wrong, I asked?

You’re changing and that too really fast,

What you’re learning in these, it won’t last!

I learned to listen to my voice

And picked up clues my soul kept giving

I admired my soul

For it gave me my life’s goal

The only thing that disquieted me

Were the blabbering mouths

Disturbing me to the core.

Ask the books that I read why I changed

Ask the authors dead and alive

who communicated with me

and gave me the courage to be myself.

It may sound like a fantasy to you

Where do get these thoughts, you ask?

It’s not real, it is fictitious

It will lead you nowhere,

It is so damn malicious!

All I say is, can you just stop being so judicious

The energy, the vibe, its essence is so vicious

It makes me ambitious

And my soul finds these thoughts so nutritious!

I am proud that I read

And gallant for the intellections I wear every single day

I may appear a buffoon to you, which is fine

But I can’t make a buffoon of myself,

Only to be labelled by you as wise and nice!

Watch out as I assent in life

For only that will close and shut your mouths

I don’t say anything to you now

For I want my actions to speak for my words!

 Day 20 NoMo

Happy Reading

Cheers

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