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“Let it not be a girl”, she prayed.
She had two daughters already,
The next four had been taken away.
“Let it not be a girl” she prayed.
She took a deep breath, and pushed.
One boy, and this torture will end.
It was a girl. Durga born on Navratri.
Something snapped inside her.
She would not give this one up.
“Don’t you dare touch my child”, she cried.
“She’s better than any son.
If you don’t want her, I’ll go away.”
A tiger lily remains a bud for long.
But when she finally unfurls,
You can’t ignore the bloom.
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Chandraghanta, the Fearsome One~
Tiger Lily, she fights for her own
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