Rights

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I am a girl,
I am also a human.
Give me the right to live,
Not half not less.
Give me love like a son.
Not a house stove,
Neither broom.
Give me the right to read and write.
Let me be Kalpana Chawla and touch the sky,
Let me be Indira Gandhi and control the country,
Bring a successful revolution.
You worship Devi Durga Lakshmi,
Calling girls Lakshmi,
Do you find Durga Lakshmi burdensome?
Will not grow beyond men,
Just give the right to walk side by side.
I am a girl,
I am also a human,
Give me the right to live.

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