Foeticide, infanticide, sex-determination tests and malnutrition to which the a girl child is subjected to is not uncommon in India though the things are fast improving now. <br />- <br />A female form <br />when comes out of womb <br />is questioned <br />on her existence. <br /> <br />thrown in the garbage bin <br />poisoned or abandoned <br />some, who are retained <br />to face the cruel world <br />to shatter the myth <br />that <br />we care for the girl child. <br /> <br />Brave survivors face <br />social injustice <br />educational stagnation <br />gender bias <br />apathy of kith and kin <br />maltreatment and malnutrition. <br /> <br />Considered a social liability <br />treated like a glorified maid <br />till she attains maturity <br />to be married off <br />sometimes <br />before reaching puberty. <br /> <br />Sometimes sold and resold <br />her miseries remain untold <br />thrown before social wolves and sharks <br />trying to snatch a living through the dark <br />for her own sake or for her family <br />or for the sake of her siblings <br />her plight is never ending. <br /> <br />If she fights, she fights alone <br />no one cares, she dies a lone. <br /> <br />When exposed it becomes a news <br />everyone competes to share her views <br />beating the bush, discussions galore <br />downplaying reality as TRPs* soar. <br /> <br />One who gives the man <br />his own identity <br />is always tormented by him <br />what an irony! <br /> <br />Shouldn't we fight for her rights? <br />shouldn't we make her present and future bright? <br />shouldn't we give her joy and happiness <br />making her life worth living day and night? <br /> <br />GOD BLESS THE GIRL CHILD. <br />GOD SAVE THE GIRL CHILD. <br />-O-* Television rating points.<br /><br />Tribhawan Kaul<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-girl-child-3/
