Lillian D’Costa

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PWDs: Need for a better deal

Posted by: lilliandcosta on: May 7, 2007

PWDs: Need for a better deal
IN PERSPECTIVE
People with disabilities, who number 70 million, are demanding political space.
Sixty years on, after the forefathers of this country attempted to seamlessly bind the socio-economic and political faultiness through various provisions, inequality continues to be the persistent hallmark of India. In this scenario, the highly debatable system of reservations [...]


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    Sometimes you'll fuck my mind dudes,Sneer at the world I come from.This world,So upright.So uptight.And too fucked to admit it.8.00 p.m
  • Blinded by Rage
    They’ve cheating me, aren’t they?Those rotting hearts on smiling facesThey’ve cheating me, aren’t they?Those sleek tongues in wicked mindsThe pain oozes out of an innocent faceA ray of trust just blew outMy heart fell, he saysand the word comes back to me, after very many monthsIn the loss of innocenceIn angerPainHelplessnessIt matters not what glory you acq […]
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    The horizon in shades of green,Water tanks, blue and black,Clothes of all hues waving in the breeze.Cloud 9 advertising its services,Who would think, it would need to?But it does,Its the recession.
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    oh why does my soul refuse to rest.it bounds up,against gravity,like there were thorns that pricked its underside.refusing it rest.oh my soul has a bloody breasta weary heartthat longs to rest,but somehow each night is dayin its unending search to run away.
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    I stare out,As the orange-pink of sunsetFades away into silhouettes,Large dark trees, rise upAnd the cold road leads away.The breeze whips at my face,The curtains buffeted in the strong wind,Fly around uncontrollably like shreds,My heart feels the same,As it leaves sweet memories behind.Parting can never be harder.15th April 2009