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The Good Girl Syndrome
I recently wrote this poem, “The Good Girl Syndrome.” As I planned to publish it on International Women’s Day, I wondered: Who is a good girl? How are these good girls created? A ‘good girl’ is a metaphor for anyone who doesn’t question the world around them, absorbs things as received, and isn’t curious to…
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My Long Walk To Freedom
Poem by Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur written on the eve of India’s Independence Day August 14, 2024 Who can be considered free? Am I free? I had been contemplating for long, With the limited knowledge I possess This is my truth today, Apparently, my motherland might have been free, But I am far from being…
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What Are We Becoming?
Have we ever wondered? What are we becoming? This should be the question, That everyone must be querying, To ourselves, not to others, It is imperative to be aware of, The direction we are heading. Did we ever ask? As an individual What are we becoming? As a family What are we becoming? As a…
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Be Kind
A poem by Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur The poem was written for RIEDU’s children’s e-magazine The Marshmallow in October 2019. The sky is kind, to support us with an umbrella, The grass is kind, to cushion our feet, The cotton is kind, to thread dress of Cinderella, The tree is kind, to help us make…
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One for All All for One
A poem on Inclusion This poem was originally written by Anuvrata Gaur in 2017. I haven’t read a more beautiful poem depicting inclusion. Thus, I requested her, if I could use it. She was gracious enough to pass it on to me. I edited it, added few para’s and thus, it became part of my…
