Burkhawalli The Heroine Of My Gender Studies, The Burqua-Clad Girl Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

The persona,
Spokesperson
Of my thesis
On gender studies,
The heroine
Of my work on gender studies,
A girl living under taboos,
Unable to talk and mix with
And smile herself,
The girl of a restricted
Patriarchal society
Conservative and conventional,
Orthodox and old

The burkhawalli,
Burqua-clad girl,
The purdahwalli
Living under the covering,
The veil,
The ghumtawalli
With the covering over,
The shy and coy mistress,
The beauty queen,
The dark beauty
The persona,
Spokesperson of
My thesis
On gender studies.