Dr Jyoti Patil is Principal and HoD, English, Renuka College, Nagpur. Her educational credentials include an MA, an LLB, a DTE, a PhD, and an Honorary D.Lit by Inox International University with 27 years of teaching experience. Her areas of interest are Indian Women Writings, creative writing and technology in English teaching. She has to her credit two compilations of Newspaper articles, three books on Literature and eleven books with chapters in it. She has also contributed her poems and short stories in different books and journals.
Being gifted to be emotional,
Woman is always at the receiving end,
Being gifted to be more sensible,
Man always takes advantage of that.
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Oh! I'm old now or at least I feel I'm old.
But I don't feel decrepit.
I don't feel like losing any hold on life.
I don't feel any less life in me.
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Flowers always look lovely in their bloom,
Their delicate branches bear their load happily,
The plants that yield those beautiful buds,
Feel the proud to be the source of such soothing sight,
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Oh! What's this life? If I want to live it in true sense,
I should choose something to do for others, for the society,
For my country and, if possible, for the whole humanity,
Where there is no space for selfishness and greed.
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Mounting on two thoughts negative and positive
Tussling between two lines black and white
Grappling with two divergent ideas violence and non-violence
Tackling with two dividing lines war and peace,
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