Tuesday 10 September 2013

Tradition (Haiku)

veils and covers
mark of tradition
symbol of repression 

File:India - Delhi pink veil - 4551.jpg


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20 comments:

  1. Oh! So heart touching. Wonderfully written.

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  2. Some traditions continue...A lot has been written on this...Your haiku says a lot..

    http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/09/happy-morning.html

    RS

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  3. veils and brides are traditions in modern India.

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  4. waah waah :) loved it! apt use of the prompt here! loved how you have linked veil to tradition as well as to symbol of repression.

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  5. Sfurti, this is very well written. Hope the society takes an initiative to discard this regressive tradition.

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  6. Repression in the name of tradition...
    Nicely expressed!

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  7. nicely expressed!!

    http://www.myunfinishedlife.com

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  8. hope this blot is removed some days......well done

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  9. Not worth following in this tradition!! Sad women have to bear the brunt of it in the name of tradition!!

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  10. woman in saree- http://goodiformation.blogspot.in/

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  11. Perfect and nailed the point. Good one !

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  12. Poetic description of the essence of tradition!

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  13. this is true. the pic goes well with lines

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  14. You said it, girl. Sign of repression it is.

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  15. The true picture in so many of our villages.

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  16. Could well be either or both!

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  17. Beautiful three line haiku and reality of our Indian women.Well done!!

    http://sailorswiferamblings.blogspot.com/2013/09/one-helluva-transit-panama-de-canal.html

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  18. Yes, repression and suppression.

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  19. So true..This post fitted in well with Indrani's picture around the same theme.

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