This is a beautiful poem by Walter Richard Cassels. In English "De Profundis" means “out of the depths”.
Although
from the writer’s point of view, this poem was composed to refer to a specific
situation and subject. But gladly, its deep,diverse and boundless interpretative composition can be
viewed differently and applied to others.
This
same poem can be used to refer to India . . . now at the crossroad of complete change
towards an unprecedented implementation of women’s and children's rights and protection.
So this
blog is especially dedicated to the many women and children victims, . . . still left in a quandary as they await justice on those who have
wronged them.
To the families left behind by Jyoti Singh Pandey, 23 year old medical student or fondly called as "Bitiya" meaning little daughter, . . . who succumbed to death from severe internal lacerations caused by a rusted rod and inflicted by six rapists.
To the families left behind by Jyoti Singh Pandey, 23 year old medical student or fondly called as "Bitiya" meaning little daughter, . . . who succumbed to death from severe internal lacerations caused by a rusted rod and inflicted by six rapists.
Jyoti Singh Pandey ("Bitiya")
(this is an unconfirmed photo taken from the internet but has been described as
the Ms. Jyoti Singh Pandey)
the Ms. Jyoti Singh Pandey)
De Profundis
by Walter Richard Cassels
(“out of the depths”)
Turn
thine eyes from me, Angel of Heaven--
Read not my soul, Angel of Heaven--
Sorrow is steeping my pale cheeks with weeping,
Evermore keeping her wand on my heart,
On my cold stony heart, while the tear-fountains start
To purge it from leaven too sinful for Heaven--
Read not my soul, yet, Angel of Heaven!
Why hast thou ta'en her, Angel of Heaven?
Ta'en her so soon, Angel of Heaven?
Yearning to gain her, hast thou thus slain her
Ere sin could stain her--borne her away,
Borne her far, far away, into eternal day,
Left me alone to stay--left me to weep and pray?
Why hast thou ta'en her, Angel of Heaven?
Ta'en her so soon, Angel of Heaven?
Shines the place brighter, Angel of Heaven?
Brighter for her, Angel of Heaven?
Comes there not streaming into my dreaming,
At morning's beaming, rays more divine,
Rays from her soul divine, rays giving strength to mine?
Shines she not radiantly over the skies,
Over the morning skies, ere the Earth-vapours rise,
'Twixt me and Paradise, Angel of Heaven?
_Her_ blessed Paradise, Angel of Heaven?
Turn thine eyes to me, Angel of Heaven--
Search through and through me, Angel of Heaven;
Read my soul's yearning, wild, endlessly burning,
Tumultuously spurning Fate's bitter decree,
Fate's tyrannic decree, that tore her from me,
Bore her from me to Eternity.
Merciless Reaper, no more shalt thou keep her
From fond eyes that weep her for ever and ever,
Vain thine endeavour our spirits to sever,
Take my soul with thee, Angel of Heaven,
Bear me unto her, Angel of Heaven.
Read not my soul, Angel of Heaven--
Sorrow is steeping my pale cheeks with weeping,
Evermore keeping her wand on my heart,
On my cold stony heart, while the tear-fountains start
To purge it from leaven too sinful for Heaven--
Read not my soul, yet, Angel of Heaven!
Why hast thou ta'en her, Angel of Heaven?
Ta'en her so soon, Angel of Heaven?
Yearning to gain her, hast thou thus slain her
Ere sin could stain her--borne her away,
Borne her far, far away, into eternal day,
Left me alone to stay--left me to weep and pray?
Why hast thou ta'en her, Angel of Heaven?
Ta'en her so soon, Angel of Heaven?
Shines the place brighter, Angel of Heaven?
Brighter for her, Angel of Heaven?
Comes there not streaming into my dreaming,
At morning's beaming, rays more divine,
Rays from her soul divine, rays giving strength to mine?
Shines she not radiantly over the skies,
Over the morning skies, ere the Earth-vapours rise,
'Twixt me and Paradise, Angel of Heaven?
_Her_ blessed Paradise, Angel of Heaven?
Turn thine eyes to me, Angel of Heaven--
Search through and through me, Angel of Heaven;
Read my soul's yearning, wild, endlessly burning,
Tumultuously spurning Fate's bitter decree,
Fate's tyrannic decree, that tore her from me,
Bore her from me to Eternity.
Merciless Reaper, no more shalt thou keep her
From fond eyes that weep her for ever and ever,
Vain thine endeavour our spirits to sever,
Take my soul with thee, Angel of Heaven,
Bear me unto her, Angel of Heaven.
***
Badri Singh Pandey,
father of Jyoti Singh Pandey.
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Death of a Daughter:
Killing of India Gang Rape Victim Shatters Her Father
Killing of India Gang Rape Victim Shatters Her Father
TheNewYorkTimes Published on Jan 14, 2013
Associated Press/Manish Swarup-
- The mother of Ram Singh, the man
accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped
in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists outside the
family's
Change of Life
by: Ashish Gutgutia
When
You Change Your Thinking,
You Change Your Beliefs...! !
When You Change Your Beliefs,
You Change Your Expectations...! !
When You Change Your Expectations,
You Change Your Attitude...! !
When Change Your Attitude,
You Change Your Behaviour...! !
When You Change Your Behaviour,
You Change Your Performance...! !
When You Change Your Performance,
You Change Your Life
You Change Your Beliefs...! !
When You Change Your Beliefs,
You Change Your Expectations...! !
When You Change Your Expectations,
You Change Your Attitude...! !
When Change Your Attitude,
You Change Your Behaviour...! !
When You Change Your Behaviour,
You Change Your Performance...! !
When You Change Your Performance,
You Change Your Life
Students hold candles as they
pray during a candlelight vigil for a gang rape victim who was assaulted
in New Delhi, in Ahmedabad December 31, 2012. One of hundreds of
attacks reported in New Delhi each year, the gang rape and murder of a
medical student caught Indian authorities and political parties
flat-footed, slow to see that the assault on a private bus had come to
symbolize an epidemic of crime against women. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA
- Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION)
Empathy And Sympathy.
by: Bazi alis Subrata Ray
Love
turns to empathy when one sees God in all,
The sharing of the self in life's rise and fall.
Fostered humbleness, blooms the empathy's flower,
And with it God's bliss, spontaneously showers.
While sympathy is Ego’s hubris,
Authority of superiority finds release
Empathy is a cry for other’s suffering,
Sharing oneness with all human beings
Sympathy is worldly and mercy it may trace,
Empathy sees itself in all living face.
The sharing of the self in life's rise and fall.
Fostered humbleness, blooms the empathy's flower,
And with it God's bliss, spontaneously showers.
While sympathy is Ego’s hubris,
Authority of superiority finds release
Empathy is a cry for other’s suffering,
Sharing oneness with all human beings
Sympathy is worldly and mercy it may trace,
Empathy sees itself in all living face.
(Written By Confused Cherub)
This angel is confused
This angel is bruised
This angel's wings are broken
This angel's words never spoken
This angel has a broken heart
This angel has nothing but broken promises
This angel hopes and prays for her heart to mend,
And that her broken wings will heal and mend.
***
Change
by: Leah
Harlow
Change is the cold wind in the heat
The silence that can’t be beat
Change is confusing and fierce
And is brought about by tears
Change can find you anytime
But it won’t overcome me this time
Change is anything but the same
I will not take it in vain
Change is what pushes you down
It takes life without a sound
Change is what hurts the heart
But will end this seamless part
Change cuts the comfort of normalcy
It’s the truth in secrecy
Change is what sets us apart tonight
So we will never again fight
Change struggles to take us away
To where the world wants to convey
Change is what will teach us to trust
So we will no longer lust.
Take a chance, embrace the change.
Law Is Freedom
by : maria sudibyo
Law
is freedom
Not a kind of fake made freedom
Or an abusive wild freedom
Not a narrow minded follower
Or blurred ruler
Law is freedom
A freedom that obeyed
With full consciousness and responsibility
A freedom to do and to not do
And know the consequences
Law is freedom
A solid freedom
Not a tool of terror
A freedom to live
Not to conquer it
Not a kind of fake made freedom
Or an abusive wild freedom
Not a narrow minded follower
Or blurred ruler
Law is freedom
A freedom that obeyed
With full consciousness and responsibility
A freedom to do and to not do
And know the consequences
Law is freedom
A solid freedom
Not a tool of terror
A freedom to live
Not to conquer it
Let’s give
a moment of silent prayer for all of those that have been wronged, India’s many angels whose deaths had been caused by the evil ways
of man and as a consequence of India's condoned rape culture.
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1 comment:
nice post, like the content very much. But the picture is not of the student that been raped. Her father also objected the picture, as it been rotate on fb many times
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