Y for Youth

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The youth have the utmost power,

To build a magnificent tower,

Made up of soaring aspirations,

That can build a nation with strong foundations.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to the youthful power. 

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S for Sharing

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If you have two, give one,

It might help someone a ton,

Sharing is infact caring,

It will help someone find their bearing.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to Share my dabba. 

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Q for Quest

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Young and determined, they start their quest,

A lot of filth and litter is what they have to wrest.

But, they manage to do an awesome make-over,

Salute to their thinking and a never failing will power.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to The Ugly Indian. 

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F for Fair

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They talk about my skin,

Like it is a dreadful sin.

I have a gleaming spark,

My skin being fair or it being dark.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to Nandita Das' "Dark is beautiful" campaign.

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E for Endurance

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Being one among them,

Moving from stem to stem,

Never did her endurance limp,

For the love of her raving chimp.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to Jane Goodall, the primatologist who spent her whole life working for the well-being of chimpanzees in the wild.

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D for Dignity

You might have stripped me of my clothes,

And put me into a shackle full of throes,

But, you cannot strip me of my dignity,

For I will win and overcome your mindless bigotry.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to Mukhtaran Bibi, the gang-rape survivor who fights for the cause of rape victims.

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C for Courage

A little girl was on her way to school,

She knew not, that ahead would be her own blood pool.

With courage, she overcame this ghastly situation.

She now pursues passionately the right to education.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to Malala Yousafzai.

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B for Beauty

The bullies called her ugly,

Yet, she believed in her beauty.

With pride she held her head,

Message of love she did spread.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*This is my 100th post and is dedicated to Lizzie Velasquez's inspirational video here. 

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