Elegy for Thamil New Year 2006
Source: Northeastern Monthly - June 2006
By: S. Jeyasankar
Mothers mourn silently
In fear and in shame
On the eve of
The Thamil New Year 2006
For the fate of their
Working daughters
In the NGOs and INGOs
Not because of
The atrocities
Of the aggressors
But because of their
Very own and
Invisible sons
Innocents victimized
In order to domesticate
And the perpetrators
Silently harboured
The new version
Of an age old custom
Manipulated invisibly
But celebrated harshly
