SHE IS NOT A SEX WORKER/ A POEM TRANSLATED BY ME FROM HINDI

She is not a sex worker
Not a decoration item of this worldly society
Not a cheer leader presented to
Hurt emotions of defeated team
She is not Nirmala of Premchand
She is not Nagarvadhu of Vishalee

She is not a salable commodity in Republic
Not a lemon to be squeezed
Not a red or green bindi
Not a poem
To be cheated in circumference of language
Nor an option to be used in lieu of an oxen

She is not a character of any popular story
She is not a figure in statistics of inequality
She is not brand of advertisement
She is not an issue of compromise
She is not an instrument of live in relation
She is a real weapon.

She is basis of change of system
If ever confronted with her
You will come to realize
These hands can arrest you with handcuffs.

A SOUL STIRRING POEM ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN HINDI BY DINESH DHARMPALJI AND TRANSLATED BY ME WITH HIS CONSENT.